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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The British government has rejected a  400 million pound ($749.5 million) bid for British Nuclear  Group Ltd. (BNG) from U.S. engineering and construction firm  Fluor Corp. , the Independent on Sunday said.
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European Union ministers rejected proposals to declare huge swathes of ocean off-limits for trawlers, settling instead Wednesday for less drastic alternatives in an attempt to protect threatened fish such as the once-common cod.
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Newcastle scientists urge the EU to ban fishermen catching fish which are later thrown back into the sea.
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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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The British insurer Prudential said on Sunday that it had rejected an approach from a potential bidder for its online bank Egg.
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About a fifth of cod fishing grounds in the North Sea would be closed for the whole of next year under draconian proposals by the European commission, published yesterday and designed to replenish seriously depleted stocks.
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A PROPOSED 25% cut in cod quotas would "crucify" the North Sea white fish fleet, fishing leaders said yesterday.
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Trade in great white sharks would be restricted under a proposal adopted at a UN wildlife conference today, despite criticism that there is little evidence suggesting the fearsome ocean predators are threatened by commercial trade.
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By GRAEME SMITH  ROSS Finnie, the Fisheries Minister, has pledged he will resist any European Commission proposals on the restrictions on next year's catches which are not based on sound science and do not ref lect the realities of the Scottish fishing industry.
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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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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 has rejected proposals to ban cod fishing in several areas of the North Sea in favour of greater restrictions.
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European Union ministers have decided to disregard proposals to declare huge swathes of ocean off-limits for trawlers if viable alternatives could be worked out to safeguard such threatened fish as the once-common cod.
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Japan has turned down an offer from Greenpeace to tow a whaling ship that caught fire off the Antarctic coast, recalling that activists of the conservation group had boarded the same vessel almost a decade ago.
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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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North and South Korea fail to reach an agreement on the boundaries of a proposed shared fishing zone.