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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10890

18 July 2013
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) fisheries
No agreement on Antarctic marine protected areas

Brussels, 17/07/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 17 July, Maria Damanaki, the European commissioner for fisheries, expressed her disappointment that the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) had failed to reach an agreement on the establishment of two marine protected areas. The CCAMLR was set up in 1982 by an international convention to protect marine life in Antarctica.

At the special meeting of the CCAMLR, which was held in Bremerhaven (Germany)...

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