EU fisheries ministers to proudly keep on overfishing in 2022
Published Dec 16, 2021
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EU fisheries ministers to proudly keep on overfishing in 2022 according to a joint statement from Our Fish and Seas At Risk. European Fisheries Ministers, gathered in Brussels to set fishing limits for fish populations in EU seas for 2022, decided to continue overfishing of over one third of stocks, in disregard for both science and EU law. Ahead of this week's EU AGRIFISH Council meeting, several countries - Spain, Portugal and France in particular - proudly stated their intention to go against both scientific advice and EU legislation on fishing limits for EU-only fished stocks, claiming to defend fishing
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EU fisheries ministers to proudly keep on overfishing in 2022 according to a joint statement from Our Fish and Seas At Risk. European Fisheries Ministers, gathered in Brussels to set fishing limits for fish populations in EU seas for 2022, decided to continue overfishing of over one third of stocks, in disregard for both science and EU law. Ahead of this week’s EU AGRIFISH Council meeting, several countries – Spain, Portugal and France in particular – proudly stated their intention to go against both scientific advice and EU legislation on fishing limits for EU-only fished stocks, claiming to defend fishing industry interests, despite there being no future for the fishing industry without ending overfishing and achieving healthy fish populations. As a result, despite efforts from the European Commission to make progress towards ending overfishing, fisheries ministers have today disregarded the maximum fishing limits proposed by scientists for iconic fish stocks such as southern ...
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