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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10111

2 April 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries
Study claims former fishing subsidies is one reason for overfishing

Brussels, 01/04/2010 (Agence Europe) - According to a study published on Wednesday 31 March by the Pew Environment Group NGO and the British consultancy, Poseidon, European subsidies paid between 2000-06 partly encouraged overfishing and maintain excessive fleet overcapacity and thus exerted pressure on stocks. According to the European Commission, this study does not provide anything new because it focuses on the former aid programme in ten EU member states and on 93% of the €4.9 billion...

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