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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10497

18 November 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) ep/fisheries
Acting internationally against illegal fishing

Brussels, 17/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - Illegal fishing accounts for an estimated 15% of world catches, or between 11 and 26 million tonnes a year, and on Thursday 17 November the European Parliament (EP) called for international cooperation to be stepped up to put an end to this scourge which is putting fish stocks in danger. In adopting the report on illegal fishing by Isabella Lövin (Greens/EFA, Sweden) by 491 votes to 7, with 24 abstentions, the EP calls on the Commission and member...

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