Endorsement of draft proposal on deep-sea fishing in the North-East Atlantic

The European Parliament's plenary session endorsed on 13 December 2016 a draft proposal which bans fishing below a depth of 800 meters in the Nort-East Atlantic.

This ban was set to apply to bottom trawling, which often wrecks sea bed habitats, and also restrict deep-sea fishing to the area where it took place between 2009 and 2011. Tougher checks at sea and transparent data collection rules were also be meant to apply.

The proposal was put forward by the European Commission in July 2012. The Parliament approved its position in December 2013. Negotiations between the EU institutions followed.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Don’t fall for the deep-sea scaremongers – wild fishing is healthy and sustainable http://www.europeansources.info/record/dont-fall-for-the-deep-sea-scaremongers-wild-fishing-is-healthy-and-sustainable/

ESO: Background information: Deep-sea fisheries in the north-east Atlantic http://www.europeansources.info/record/deep-sea-fisheries-in-the-north-east-atlantic/

ESO: Background information: Regulating North-East Atlantic deep-sea fisheries http://www.europeansources.info/record/regulating-north-east-atlantic-deep-sea-fisheries/

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