European Parliament

EU UK wide apart on fisheries Brexit
15th March 2018
Chancellor sparks fears of sell-out The yawning gulf between the EU and the UK government over Brexit fisheries arrangements was made starkly apparent last week, after the EU set out the legal draft of its free trade negotiation guidelines, reports…
MEPs back 800m deep water ban
29th December 2016
The European Parliament has backed a ban on bottom trawling below a depth of 800m in the North-East Atlantic. Trawling at greater depths than 800m will be illegal. New regulations will also restrict deep-sea fishing to the area where it…