MEPs vote to end deep-sea trawling

2016-12-15T09:34:00

Fishing below depth of 800m to become illegal

European Parliament has banned fishing below a depth of 800m in the North-East Atlantic to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems of the deep-sea bed.

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