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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10789

20 February 2013
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) fisheries
Experts and MEPs divided over deep-sea trawling

Brussels, 19/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 19 February, MEPs revealed a number of disagreements with the European Commission's proposal to ban deep-sea trawling as a fishing method. At a hearing on deep-sea fishing organised by the European Parliament's Fisheries Committee, experts said that the state of deep-sea fish stocks remains of great concern, although it has improved in recent years due to management measures that have been introduced. The effects of trawling on marine...

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