EU Cuts 2005 Fish Quotas to Save Depleted Species
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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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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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EU fishing fleets may soon be trawling less and less for bluefin tuna, a fish prized by sushi lovers, due to quota cuts and stricter fishing controls designed to stop the species heading for extinction.
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Europe's seas are in serious decline as a result of coastal development, fishing and pollution, warn scientists.
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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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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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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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The government has announced new regulation that will limit fish farms and require better treatment of wastewater, among other measures.
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The European Union&#39;s executive office ended a three-year battle with France and Germany on Tuesday, dropping EU procedures against them after the two nations pledged to get their budget deficits back within EU limits next year.
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European Union ministers moved closer on Tuesday night to an agreement on setting fishing quotas for next year after the European Commission agreed
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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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Stocks of bluefin tuna are disappearing from the Mediterranean, the environmental group WWF has warned.
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Talks to set fishing quotas start in Brussels between government ministers and the European Commission.
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There are many ways to try to save endangered species, including freezing sperm and eggs for breeding programs. With fish, though, that approach is limited.
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BRUSSELS : European Union fisheries ministers battled to carve out a compromise on hard-hitting plans designed to restore what Brussels says are dangerously low levels of several species including cod.
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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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Europeans may claim leadership in fighting global warming, but they get black marks from environmentalists for their fishing policy.