The European Parliament approved a ban on pulse fishing on Tuesday. The attempt by Dutch MEPs to remove the ban from the new fishing regulation has therefore failed.

The European Parliament approved a ban on pulse fishing on Tuesday. The attempt by Dutch MEPs to remove the ban from the new fishing regulation has therefore failed.

The new regulation, including the prohibition, was adopted with 571 votes in favor and 60 against. A special committee voted in favor of the ban last March, and it was expected that Parliament would also approve it.

CDA MEP Annie Schreijer-Pierik calls it "a jet-black day in the history of EU decision-making". "The European Commission, certain EU countries and also a majority of this Parliament are completely unreliable because of this selective environmentally-friendly fishing technique," she adds.

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