EU AGREES REFORMS TO AQUACULTURE STATISTICS, WITH LONGER PHASE-IN PERIOD
February 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
PROPOSALS to extend the amount of data on fish farming demanded by the European Commission from European Union (EU) member states have been approved by the European Parliament. That said, MEPs voted for national statistical agencies to be given three years to introduce the new system, which will demand extra information on aquaculture businesses, their cultivation techniques and different production environments. French liberal MEP Philippe Morillon said: "The sector plays an important socio-economic role in several European regions by ...
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