Brussels, 29/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - Following the French tuna fishing case (EUROPE 9855), it Italy has now found itself in the dock for having failed to sufficiently sanction its fishermen who, in the Mediterranean, continued to use drift nets banned by the EU on 1 January 2002. In a ruling made on Thursday 29 October (C-249/08), the ECJ affirms that Italy failed in its obligations under regulations on fishing controls and did not satisfactorily control, inspect or monitor the onboard...