EU Cuts 2005 Fish Quotas to Save Depleted Species
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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 government has announced new regulation that will limit fish farms and require better treatment of wastewater, among other measures.
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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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Conservation groups say cuts in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean catch of bluefin tuna are too small.
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European Union  fisheries ministers thrash out a deal on national fishing catches for 2005.
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British fishing fleets have praised new EU fishing quotas agreed after marathon negotiations in Brussels.
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Environmental activists protest outside an EU building, saying planned cuts in fishing quotas did not go far enough.
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Talks to set fishing quotas start in Brussels between government ministers and the European Commission.
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Catches of cod and other fish stocks must be drastically reduced or even stopped in the North Sea to help populations recover from years of overfishing, an independent expert panel said Monday.
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Science & environment: European fisheries ministers seek to balance dwindling fish stocks with demands of fishing industry
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The total fishing quota for the European Union was cut by 10 per cent yesterday, after almost two days of wrangling in which fisheries ministers rejected
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Fisheries scientists urge zero catches for cod in 2005 in the North Sea, the Irish Sea and west of Scotland.
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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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Far-reaching plans to close about one-fifth of the North Sea to trawlermen were abruptly dropped last night, as the European Commission caved in to pressure from a group of countries, including Britain.
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The EC ends action against France and Germany for breaching eurozone deficit rules as the two members vow to cut their 2005 deficits.
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Irish fishermen have given a cautious reaction to the latest cuts in fish quotas proposed by the European Commission today in an effort to save dwindling stocks.
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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.