EU AGREES NEW FISH FARMING HEALTH DIRECTIVE
November 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved a directive on farmed fish health and aquaculture disease control, laying down common high standards on monitoring and controlling pathogens, the first comprehensive EU measure controlling this growing food industry. The directive is quite flexible, however, and does not prescribe strategies for national governments, or even local and regional administrations. However, it insists national control and eradication plans for aquatic diseases are drafted, alongside contingency plans for ...
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