In line with European Democrats’ commitment to fully implement the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), improve security and consumer information on the quality and origin of fishery products, Basque MEP Izaskun Bilbao Barandica voted today, in the parliamentary committee on fisheries (PECH), in favour of a modernization and improvement of the control of fishing activities.

Presidency member Izaskun Bilbao Barandica (PNV),  who is also Renew Europe spokesperson for this file within PECH, said: “We have achieved a realistic and pragmatic balance between the ideal and the possible, and it represents an undeniable advance on a Regulation that was in urgent need of revision. The control tools are modernised, with a commitment to digitalisation. The measures approved will improve the data available, reinforce the traceability of catches, reduce the administrative burden on fishing operators, fight against illegal fishing and provide legal certainty to the system of sanctions, among other measures”.

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