Fishing in the North-East Atlantic: specific conditions for fishing for deep-sea stocks, provisions for fishing in international waters

The European Parliament adopted at second reading following the ordinary legislative procedure, a legislative resolution on the Council position at first reading in view of the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing specific conditions for fishing for deep-sea stocks in the North-East Atlantic and provisions for fishing in international waters of the North-East Atlantic and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002.

Parliament approved the Council position at first reading without amendment.

This proposal seeks to ensure as much as possible the sustainable exploitation of deep-sea stocks while reducing the environmental impact of these fisheries, and to improve the information base for scientific assessment.

The EU deep-sea fisheries regime determines which operators are authorised to target deep-sea species and lays down the conditions under which Member States may issue authorisations for deep-sea fishing.