Britain attacks 'devastating' EU proposals to ban cod fishing
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Britain strongly attacked "devastating" proposals by the European Union ( news - web sites ) executive to ban cod fishing in parts of the North Sea as EU fisheries ministers prepared for annual talks on quotas.
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The UK presses the EU for action to stop overfishing of bluefin tuna, which campaigners say is being fuelled by demand for sushi.
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In an atmosphere of blockades by French fishermen and anger from Spain and Poland, the European Union&#39;s fisheries ministers have reached several compromises designed to restore what some say are dangerously low levels of several species.
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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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SCOTLANDS embattled trawlermen yesterday began a new fight to save their livelihood after fresh calls for a total ban on cod fishing in the North Sea.
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France, Sweden and Belgium shot down a German proposal to set up European Union refugee processing centres in North Africa, arguing that the idea would do more harm than good.
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The European Union's top fisheries official on Tuesday pressed for stronger protections for the overfished bluefin tuna, an increasingly rare delicacy in high-end restaurants around the world.
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The European Commission today abandoned demands for the closure of key British cod fisheries in a compromise deal designed to preserve both dwindling cod stocks and the UK&#39;s struggling fishing industry.
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Overfishing by subsidized European fleets off the coast of West Africa is hurting local fisheries and forcing people to slaughter wildlife to get enough to eat, researchers said on Thursday.
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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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Big business in Britain is against the new European Union constitution, a poll reported Tuesday.
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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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Science & environment: Proposals to protect almost 10,000 sq km of sea around Britain will fail, conservationists say
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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 British government is trying to move on to look beyond the new EU treaty in an attempt to undermine arguments for a referendum, says the BBC's Paul Reynolds
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Calls to increase catch quotas for depleted fish stocks, such as cod, are deeply misguided.
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Britain has switched sides and thrown its support behind a European Union plan to lift a 15-year-old arms embargo against China, a move that threatens to trigger a rift in Britain's "special relationship" with ...