Deep-sea fisheries in the north-east Atlantic

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Series Details 09.12.16
Publication Date 09/12/2016
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Deep-sea species and marine ecosystems are particularly sensitive to human activities. The European Parliament is now to finalise in December 2016 the adoption of a regulation aimed at sustainable deep-sea fishing activities, while freezing their zonal footprint and protecting vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems. This regulation is the outcome of lengthy negotiations between the EP and the Council, after both institutions rejected a 2012 Commission proposal to put a definitive end to the use of bottom trawls and bottom set nets in deep-sea fisheries in the north-east Atlantic.

Author: Jean Weissenberger
Source Link http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2016/595831/EPRS_ATA(2016)595831_EN.pdf
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EU: EUR-Lex: COM / 2012 / 371 - Proposal for a Regulation ... establishing specific conditions to fishing for deep-sea stocks in the North-East Atlantic and provisions for fishing in international waters of the North-East Atlantic and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=CELEX:52012PC0371&qid=1481236011658
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