UK rejects North Sea fishing plan
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Plans by the European Commission to close some areas round British coasts to cod fishing will be opposed by the UK.
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Thailand has refused to support a proposal at the ongoing CITES meeting to strict the trade in greatwhite sharks due to concern over the possible adverse effect on its shark
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- European officials decided yesterday to disregard proposals to declare huge stretches of ocean off-limits for trawlers if viable alternatives can be worked out to safeguard such threatened fish as the once-common cod.
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Estonia decided Thursday it will not allow a German-Russian consortium to conduct a survey of its exclusive economic zone in the Baltic Sea for a planned underwater gas pipeline.
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Fisheries scientists urge zero catches for cod in 2005 in the North Sea, the Irish Sea and west of Scotland.
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The London Stock Exchange has rejected a Â£1.35bn offer from German market Deutsche Boerse, but says fresh talks are possible.
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Maryland's tidal fishery regulators lost a bid to have the state's controversial spring trophy rockfish season freed from special federal oversight yesterday. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission by a 7-6 vote rejected a proposal to end the system.
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Environmentalists yesterday said they were extremely disappointed by a deal struck in Brussels on fish catches in the North Sea, which they claimed would do nothing to help stock recover.
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The Scottish Government will not be allowed to gain control over North Sea oil revenues, a UK minister warns.
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Britain's hopes of drumming up $50  billion a year in aid for Africa suffered a serious setback on  Friday when the United States rejected London's plan.
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One of the British government's landmark political policies appeared doomed after voters in northeastern England overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to set up the first of a planned series of regional assemblies.
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Science & environment: Proposals to protect almost 10,000 sq km of sea around Britain will fail, conservationists say
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The EU ordered minor cuts in 2005  national fish catches Wednesday, rejecting proposals to shut  fishing grounds in favor of more limits on the time trawlers  can hunt for depleted species like cod.
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Gordon Brown has rejected renewed calls from the Conservatives for a national vote on the new European treaty.  Your views?
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Scottish and Newcastle said Thursday it has rejected an improved bid from Danish group Carlsberg and Dutch peer Heineken that was worth about 7.6 billion pounds (10.1 billion euros, 14.8 billion dollars).
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An application by Catamount Energy to build a wind farm at Abercairny near Crieff in Scotland has been declined by ministers due to the damage such a development would cause to the environment.
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The UK should support  a European Commission proposal to close fishing grounds to save cod stocks, a former fisheries minister says.