Plenary session week 3 2018 in Strasbourg - Conservation of fishery resources and protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures

Plenary session week 3 2018 in Strasbourg -
 Conservation of fishery resources and protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures - Votes

During the EP plenary session (15-18 January 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs vote common EU rules on how, where and when one can fish in the EU. The new law would provide for common measures on fishing gear and methods and allowed species for all EU waters. It would also add some bite to Commission proposals to allow innovative methods, such as electric trawl pulse fishing (used to drive fish up out of the seabed and into the net), to be used across the EU. Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO (EPP, ES), EP Vice-President, opens the vote. The results are: 399 votes in favour, 189 against and 86 abstentions. The proposal is sent back to the Committee for inter-institutional negotiations.

Conservation of fishery resources and protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures: extracts from the vote on the report Gabriel MATO (EPP, ES)

During the EP plenary session (15-18 January 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on common EU rules on how, where and when one can fish in the EU. The new law would provide for common measures on fishing gear and methods and allowed species for all EU waters. It would also add some bite to Commission proposals to allow innovative methods, such as electric trawl pulse fishing (used to drive fish up out of the seabed and into the net), to be used across the EU. Gabriel MATO (EPP, ES), Rapporteur, and Karmenu VELLA, Member of the EC in charge of Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, express themselves in the Chamber.

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