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wn.com - 15 hours ago

Commissioner Kadis accused of siding with industrial lobby over Europe’s small-scale fishers

Fishing groups, scientists and citizens have urged the European commissioner for fisheries to commit to phasing out bottom trawling in marine protected areas, warning that his case-by-case approach risks prolonging decades of inaction. In an open letter to Commissioner Costas Kadis dated 13 October, the coalition Protect Our Catch said the EU must include legally binding targets in its forthcoming Ocean Act to end destructive fishing in marine protected areas. The letter follows Kadis s recent remarks at the European Parliament s fisheries committee, where he said he was not in favour of one size fits all and that management plans should...


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