– ‘Challenging’ 2020 TACs – Tilly WD 3 – first new beam trawler for Ireland – Warning on Brexit implementation delay – £1.1m funding to improve safety of Scottish industry – Progress on using fishermen’s data – Virtuous first…
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…
Brussels appears set to legalise controversial electric pulse trawling, that Thames fishermen say is damaging sole stocks and the marine environment, reports Tim Oliver. At a special meeting last week in the EU Parliament, a senior official from the Commission’s…
