Europe to warn Ireland over salmon drift netting
This is the first step in an infringement procedure against Ireland over its failure to meet its obligations in respect of salmon, which enjoy a special status in certain designated Special Areas of Conservation under the Habitats Directive.
The notice, which has not yet been published by the Commission, holds that Ireland has failed to meet the requirements in the setting of quotas for the catching of salmon and that the scale of drift netting puts in jeopardy the favourable conservation status of salmon.
