Pim Visser plunges his arm into an aquarium rigged to deliver an electric jolt. The demonstration is part of the towering Dutchman’s campaign to convince EU lawmakers about the safety of electric ...

An informal deal between Dutch and British fishermen has seen a ban on a controversial fishing method extended. Suffolk fishermen claim pulse fishing, which stuns fish with an electric current, has ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s highest court on Thursday backed the bloc’s decision to ban as of July the practice of using electric shocks to stun fish before scooping them up in nets. The ...

LUXEMBOURG (CN) — Upholding a European Union-wide ban on pulse fishing Thursday, the bloc's highest court dealt a major blow Thursday to a common fishing practice in the Netherlands where fish are ...

LILLE, France, Jan 25 (Reuters) - French fishermen blockaded Calais throughout Thursday, halting shipping movements at France's busiest passenger port and a major entry point to Europe for British ...

Members of the European Parliament have voted to ban commercial fishing using an electric current in EU waters, so-called pulse fishing. Opponents say the method is equivalent to putting a Taser in ...

The government has appointed former minister of agriculture Cees Veerman to try to head off the introduction of a ban on pulse fishing, the Financieele Dagblad said on Tuesday. Farm minister Carola ...

NGOs and fishing associations from France, Germany, the Netherlands and Britain have asked the European Anti Fraud Office to investigate whether the Netherlands committed fraud in its promotion of ...

BRUSSELS – The European Union reached a tentative deal to ban as of mid-2021 the practice of using electric shocks to stun fish before scooping them up in nets. The decision will specifically hit the ...

The European Union’s highest court on Thursday backed the bloc’s decision to ban the practice of pulse fishing. This decision came in light of a Dutch challenge arguing that the EU didn’t take the ...

Members of the European Parliament have voted to ban commercial fishing using an electric current in EU waters, so-called pulse fishing. Opponents say the method is equivalent to putting a Taser in ...