EU set to close fishing grounds
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The European Commission proposes closure of dangerously depleted cod grounds in the North Sea, Irish Sea and off the west of Scotland.
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Fishermen&#39;s leaders gave a welcome yesterday to a deal which will keep open crucial British cod fishing grounds which had been facing closure.
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Cod, once a staple of the British diet, could be fished close to extinction, environmentalists warned yesterday. They said a deal keeping North Sea fishing grounds open to trawlers was &quot;scandalous&quot;.
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Have the news stories that matter most sent to your inbox daily. Canada has closed its ports to vessels from the Faroe Islands and Greenland in response to overfishing of shrimp outside its territorial limit.
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A 'reasonable settlement' is reached in the annual European Union fisheries talks, says a UK minister.
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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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A total ban on North Sea cod fishing is called for by a group of marine scientists ahead of EU fisheries talks.
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The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution says 30% of UK waters should be closed to commercial fishing.
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Rory Watson, Times Brussels correspondent, explains why the EU today rejected scientific advice to close off key fishing areas in an attempt to stall the collapse in cod stocks.
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The 25 fisheries ministers of the European Union have rejected a plan to close areas of the North Sea to cod fishing. And for the fifth year running they have ignored scientists&#39; pleas to stop cod fishing
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YORK, UK, Jun 29 (IPS) - African farmers could soon find themselves forced  out of the lucrative European market for agricultural products as  retailers and government move towards a zero tolerance policy on  chemical residues in food.
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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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Europe's seas face a bleak future from development, overfishing and pollution from agriculture, scientists warn.  The northeast Atlantic Ocean and the Black, Baltic and Mediterranean seas are in serious decline and will deteriorate further if action isn't taken, the marine scientists said.
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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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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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The government has announced new regulations that will limit fish farms and require better treatment of wastewater, among other measures.
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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.