date:Aug 03, 2012
account either the best available scientific advice, nor the views and interests of Spanish vessels and the rest of the EU fleet.
In this regard, the minister noted, as evidence of the infeasibility of the Agreement, the fact that almost all of the fleets concerned had not requested renewal of their licenses to continue operating on 1 August.
The Minister has stressed, in the context of this negative assessment, the fact that the European Commission has negotiated a fishing agreement in which