Europe drops fishing closure plan
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The European Commission has reportedly dropped its proposals to close depleted cod grounds in the North Sea, Irish Sea and the west of Scotland.
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Around a fifth of the North Sea would be closed to fishing next year under European Commission plans for an unprecedented ban to help rescue cod stocks from collapse.
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BRUSSELS  - The European Union executive body dropped disciplinary action against serial deficit offenders France and Germany, ending a three-year standoff that left the eurozone&#39;s budget rules crippled.
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Europeans may claim leadership in fighting global warming, but they get black marks from environmentalists for their fishing policy.
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A model of the North Sea's ecosystem suggests the total fish stock has dropped from 26 million tonnes to 10 million tonnes in just over a century.
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The P and O shipping line said that it had decided to cut back its ferry services with the loss of 1,200 jobs in its Channel operations between England and France and the ending of a route to Ireland.
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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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Tuna fish stocks in the Mediterranean are in danger of being wiped out due to overfishing, a green group said on Tuesday, calling for a halt in EU subsidies and tougher rules to halt illegal fishing.
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British fishing grounds are to be remain open under a European deal agreed in Brussels . The areas in the North Sea , West of Scotland, and Irish Sea cod fishing grounds were threatened with closure to conserve stocks.
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The EU decided Wednesday to cut national fish catches for 2005, rejecting proposals to shut fishing grounds in favor of more limits on the time trawlers can hunt for depleted species like cod, officials said.
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Proposed changes to EU rules will not punish fishermen who cut off sharks' fins and dump the carcasses, campaigners warn.
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The European Union on Wednesday banned blue fin tuna fishing in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic for the rest of year as EU fishermen had caught the bloc's full 2007 quota of the endangered fish.
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Effort to fertilize oceans to limit warming, and make money, is canceled.
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The European Unionâs head office today proposed unprecedented bans on fishing in popular northern waters to safeguard threatened species such as the common cod, a traditional dinner favourite from Sweden to Portugal.
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Nations agree to ban international trade in the one of the world's most spectacular fish.
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The European Union forced through reductions in catch quotas for the threatened bluefin tuna, which produces one of the finest and most expensive fish dishes in the world, but was criticized for not backing bigger cuts, officials said Monday.
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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