By Euan Dunn, Principal Marine Advisor
Strasbourg, Wed 23 October
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Today in Strasbourg the European Parliament gave a massive boost to the future of Europe’s fisheries by voting against using taxpayers’ money to build new fishing vessels. The vote was carried by a substantial majority of 373:301. UK MEPs across the political spectrum were against constructing new vessels.
In so doing, MEPs overturned…