ICES gives green light to pulse beaming ‘Less damaging’ than conventional beam trawling Leading international scientific fisheries body ICES says that electric pulse beam trawling is less damaging to the marine environment than conventional beam trawling, reports Tim Oliver. In…
Dutch legal challenge to EU pulse ban Dutch fishermen have mounted a legal challenge to the EU ban on electric pulse beam trawling, reports Tim Oliver Dutch agriculture minister Carola Schouten has filed an application with the European Court of…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – Pulse beaming banned – Mackerel fishery draws to a close in poor weather – Welsh fishermen tell their story on the silver screen – Battle for flexible MSY in new fisheries…
EU bans pulse beaming from July 2021 – 42 licences to be withdrawn this year Electric pulse beam trawling effort will be slashed by 50% this year, and the method will be banned from July 2021, reports Tim Oliver EU co-legislators…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – VMS for under-12m fleet – ‘Don’t betray us,’ federations warn government – New Shetland research marks electric first for Scottish midwater fleet – MEPs’ fury as Brussels fails to ban pulse…
Calls for meetings with member state officials Opponents of electric pulse beam fishing have stepped up their campaign for a ban on the method, as negotiations in the EU on its future reach a critical point, reports Tim Oliver They…
Commission ‘complicit’, claims Bloom green group The green group that is campaigning to ban electric pulse beam trawling in the EU has accused the Dutch government of failing to declare large subsidies it has given to the Dutch pulse fleet,…
But long battle ahead before final decision. MEPs voted by a large majority last week for a ban on electric pulse fishing, reports Tim Oliver. In a full plenary session of the European Parliament, an amendment MEPs had added to…
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