The environment, the focus of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council
21st May 2012On 14th and 15th May the 27 Agriculture and Fisheries Ministes met to debate environmental aspects of the common fisheries policy as well as the European maritime fund. As part of the reform of the common fisheries policy they put forward several ideas: integrating environmental legal obligations with the proposal or including a "maximum sustainable production" to guarantee the survival of the fishing sector. They concluded the meeting by addressing the effects of the closure of fishing by European ships in Mauritanian waters, recalling the importance of this partnership for the fisheries sector.
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