Press Release: Fisheries: the Commission tables new measures for better protection for deep-sea stocks and their habitats

The European Commission has proposed new measures to regulate fishing for deep-sea species in the North-East Atlantic. Deep sea ecosystems and the species that live in them are particularly vulnerable to human activities. The new regulation aims to ensure that deep-sea species are fished sustainably, that unwanted by-catches decrease, that the impact on fragile deep-sea habitats decreases and that there is more data on the biology of these species.

European Commission: Memo/12/586: Better protection for deep-sea fish stocks and their habitats : Questions and Answers http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/586&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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