Fishermen of EU should refuse electrofishing

Council of Europe approved the decision on an absolute prohibition on trawling fishing of fish with application of pulse current. In January, 2018 against application of a disputable type of trade European Parliament voted. At this type of fishing electric field of limited action over a seabed is created. Thus production of ground types is facilitated. As the correspondent of Fishnews reports, trade with application of pulse current got under close attention in 2017. A number of non-governmental organizations noted that from 30% to 40% of fishing fleet of Netherlands use electrofishing – instead of admissible 5%...