Croatia provokes EU fishing row
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An Adriatic fishing zone off Croatia prompts EU warnings of negative consequences.
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Industrial boats from Europe and elsewhere have caused major fish populations to collapse in northwest Africaâs ocean floor, crippling coastal economies, and creating a surge of illegal migrants hoping to reach Europe.
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The European Union on Wednesday  challenged Washington's assertion that it had won a World Trade  Organization (WTO) case in which the bloc was accused of  discriminating against famous foods and wines from elsewhere.
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Croatia started building a coastal  bridge in the southern Adriatic on Wednesday despite protests  from neighboring Bosnia, which has threatened to launch a  lawsuit to stop it.
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Scientists call for a ban on North Sea cod fishing and major cuts in other catches, ahead of EU fisheries talks.
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Irish fisherman have reacted cautiously to new EU fishing quotas negotiated during talks in Brussels. EU fisheries ministers agreed that cod-fishing grounds in the Irish Sea, North Sea and west of Scotland should remain open.
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SCOTLANDâS beleaguered white-fish fleet was last night facing another end-of-year battle for economic survival in the face of a European Commission demand for trawling to be outlawed in more than 10,000 square miles of the North Sea and west-coast waters
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An underwater gas pipeline from Russia to Germany comes under fire from green groups and governments.
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The European Commission calls for cuts in quotas of cod, herring and anchovy to conserve stocks.
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Overfishing on the Mediterranean is threatening artisanal fishermen and endangering more than 100 marine species.
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The European Commission has suggested there should be a cut in catches for most waters. Yet the survival of stocks comes in conflict with sustaining the livelihoods of Europe's fishermen
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The European Commission abandoned plans on Tuesday to close off fishing areas in 2005 for severely depleted species such as cod, in the face of bitter opposition from EU governments such as Britain and France.
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The European Commission steps into a controversy over the takeover of Serbia's oil monopoly.
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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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Comment is free: Jonathan Steele: The EU must not relent to the siren voices who oppose the territory's path to independence.
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08 December, 2004 - FISHERMENâS leaders and UK Government ministers alike today vowed to fight European Commission catching plans, which they said were out of date and too extreme.
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Environmental activists protest outside an EU building, saying planned cuts in fishing quotas did not go far enough.