Tag: Helen McLachlan

• Monday, December 17th 2012 - 21:00 UTC

  WWF blasts EU fishing quotas ahead of ministerial meeting

  

  European ministers have approved the catching of millions more tons of fish than scientists have advised over the past nine years, a report has shown. Fisheries ministers, who meet annually to decide quotas for stocks across Europe, have only strictly followed scientific advice on fisheries in 13% of their decisions, the report by World Wildlife Fund, found.