EUROPEAN COMMISSION DROPS DRIFTNET CASE AGAINST IRELAND
March 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has dropped its long-running legal action against the Irish government over its previous authorisation of drift-netting at sea, which Brussels had claimed broke the European Union (EU) habitats directive. The Commission based its case on the impact of this fishing technique on wild Atlantic salmon, sending Ireland last year a final legal warning threatening a European Court of Justice (ECJ) case, with judges potentially ordering a drift-net ban. However, the Irish marine ministry has since banned drift-netting at sea and ...
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