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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries

Bulgaria bans sturgeon fishing in Danube

Brussels, 03/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 2 May, WWF, the World Wide Fund for Nature, hailed the decision by Bulgaria to ban fishing for sturgeon in the Danube. This fish, highly prized for its caviar, is on the brink of extinction. The one-year ban, imposed in March, “is a great step for Danube sturgeons”, says WWF in a press release. This “is really giving the sturgeons a break”, it adds. The ban is the first imposed by Bulgaria and the Fisheries and Aquaculture Agency has...

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