date:Feb 08, 2013
The European Parliament has passed a sweeping fishery policyreform bill, to the delight of environmental groups and theEuropean Commission (EC), which hailed it as a step towardresponsible fishing in Europe.
The law, which reformed the EU's Common Fisheries Policy (CFP),passed by a vote of 502 to 137, with 27 abstentions. According tothe Parliament's website, the current CFP, which dates back to2002, doesnt take current scientific data and projections, andthus permits overfishing of critically