Nature being undermined by Regulation that should sustainably manage fishing activities − Plenary vote on 16th January 2018

The document is a joint statement from various environmental organisations warning that the Fisheries Committee's position on the regulation to conserve the marine environment through fisheries technical measures (COM(2016)0134) would dangerously undermine existing environmental standards. The authors argue that the proposed legislation fails to ensure coherence with existing environmental laws or follow scientific evidence, potentially leading to the depletion of protected species, increased juvenile fish bycatch, and the use of damaging fishing gears such as electric pulse fishing.

• The proposed regulation (COM(2016)0134) aims to merge and simplify 33 separate pieces of legislation regarding the conduct of fishing activities, but the Fisheries Committee's November 2017 position is viewed as a threat to environmental standards.
• If adopted without significant changes, the regulation risks causing the continued depletion of protected marine species, including turtles, seabirds, and mammals like harbour porpoises and dolphins.
• The legislation may lead to catastrophic impacts on fish stocks and fishing communities by increasing the capture of juvenile fish and allowing the use of fishing gears, such as electric pulse fishing, that may damage marine ecosystems without sufficient scientific knowledge of their impacts.

APA

ClientEarth (2018). Nature being undermined by Regulation that should sustainably manage fishing activities − Plenary vote on 16th January 2018. https://www.clientearth.org/media/o45hoxq4/joint-ngo-letter-on-technical-measures-plenary-vote-coll-en.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. Nature being undermined by Regulation that should sustainably manage fishing activities − Plenary vote on 16th January 2018. 2018. https://www.clientearth.org/media/o45hoxq4/joint-ngo-letter-on-technical-measures-plenary-vote-coll-en.pdf.

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BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2018nature, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{Nature being undermined by Regulation that should sustainably manage fishing activities − Plenary vote on 16th January 2018}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2018}, month = jan, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/o45hoxq4/joint-ngo-letter-on-technical-measures-plenary-vote-coll-en.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }