Fishing in the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) Agreement area: technical measures

The European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 on certain provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area.

In line with the recommendation for second reading by the Committee on Fisheries, Parliament approved the Council position at first reading without amendment.

As regards granting derogations for the use of trawl nets and gill-nets fisheries in the Black Sea, Parliament approved the statement - annexed to this resolution – stating that it accepts the arrangement authorising the Member States concerned to grant the derogations in question. It stresses, however, that those provisions are not to be taken or used as a precedent in any future legal act.