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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries

Ban on bluefin fishing tuna in Libya

Brussels, 18/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission called, on Wednesday 18 May, for EU countries to ensure that bluefin tuna is not caught in Libyan waters and not to buy tuna caught by vessels flying the Libyan flag. Libyan vessels fishing for bluefin tuna are acting illegally. The bluefin tuna fishing season opened on 15 May for one month, but Libya has failed to meet its obligations towards the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: No one is forced to join euro, states make their choice
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/SYRIA: Towards extending sanctions, to include President al-Assad
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Ashton and Clinton take stock of Arab revolutions
(EU) EU/IRAN: Little chance of talks resuming in near future
(EU) EP/ACP: JPA welcomes 'Arab spring', but criticises double standards
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Towards relaunch of UfM?
(EU) EU/ISRAEL:
(EU) EP/MOROCCO: 2nd session of joint parliamentary committee
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EU/UN:
(EU) EU/KOSOVO:
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Member States refuse to budge on reverse QMV
(EU) EU/IRELAND: Three billion euros on its way
(EU) EU/GREECE: ECB opposes re-scheduling of Greece's debt
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Details of bailout fund to be finalised in June
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Work continues on financial sector taxation
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission wants to increase victims' rights
(EU) EU/JHA: Schengen, Paris answers, Rome keeps us waiting
(EU) EU/ASYLUM: Homosexuals, Commission wants end to Prague practices
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/EYC COUNCIL: Heritage label, youth, school leaving, online betting
(EU) EU/COPYRIGHT: Simplified clearance mechanism
(EU) EU/DIGITAL: EU supports development future internet
(EU) EU/ROMA: EPSCO Council - debate on Roma socio-economic integration
(EU) EU/SOCIAL DIALOGUE:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Andor in Athens - less inequality, stronger Europe
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Housing funded through ERDF - six proposals for Barroso
(EU) EP/RESEARCH: Most convinced after ITER visit
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: New tools to address tsunamis and earthquakes
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/CONSTRUCTION:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Polish cereals and sugar demands rejected
(EU) EU/ANIMAL HEALTH: Sweden wants progress on animal transport
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Ban on bluefin fishing tuna in Libya
(EU) EU/NUCLEAR: Stress tests - Greens reject Commission/ENSREG compromise
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/EIB: Maystadt outlines bank's 2011 priorities
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