When it comes to interactions – namely incidental catch and depredation – between fisheries and vulnerable species negative outcomes are seen on both sides.
Papers have been filed at the Court of Justice in Luxembourg outlining the Committee's case demonstrating that the Commission has failed to act on its promise to introduce legislation to ban cages in response to a successful ECI.
IFOAM Organics Europe calls on the Commission to maintain the environmental delivery of the Common Agricultural Policy as a priority to be achieved by better incentivizing and supporting farmers to engage in an ambitious environmental re-design of their farms.