NEW EU FISHING COMMISSIONER EXPECTED TO BE TOUGH ON CONSERVATION
January 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MARIA Damanaki, the Greek leftist nominated to become the next European Union (EU) fishing Commissioner from February 1, has promised a tough line on conserving fishing stocks. A senior member of Greece's current socialist PASOK governing party, she has a far left background, having been a Greek communist MP in the past. And in her answers to a European Parliament policy questionnaire, Damanaki said she would develop sustainable management plans for west of Scotland haddock; Celtic Sea herring; North Sea sole and plaice; and Baltic Sea salmon ...
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