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On January 16th, the European Parliament voted 402 to 232 for the <u>total and final ban of electric fishing in Europe</u>, to come into application on July 2021. | On January 16th, the European Parliament voted 402 to 232 for the <u>total and final ban of electric fishing in Europe</u>, to come into application on July 2021. | ||
After a rollercoaster of news (from the creation of dutch task force to lobby in the EU parliament against the application of the ban, multiple arrestations of dutch electric vessels full of illegally fished sole, destabilization campaigns against multiple NGOs by dutch newspapers and the call from dutch prime minister Mark Rutte | After a rollercoaster of news (from the creation of dutch task force to lobby in the EU parliament against the application of the ban, multiple arrestations of dutch electric vessels full of illegally fished sole, destabilization campaigns against multiple NGOs by dutch newspapers and the call from dutch prime minister Mark Rutte from France and Germany to rally the Netherlands in its scientific research), the transition period prior to the complete ban started in August 2019. | ||
==== <u>Since the ban (2019 to present)</u> ==== | ==== <u>Since the ban (2019 to present)</u> ==== | ||