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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10891
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) fisheries

Illegal fishing - Commission sights on 66 boats

Brussels, 18/07/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 17 July, the European Commission published a blacklist of 66 boats accused of illegal fishing in waters around the globe, at least ten of which are claimed by Greenpeace to have links to European owners who are repeat offenders.

The creation of this list, which compiles the data of the regional fisheries organisations (RFOs), comes as part of the EU's efforts to fight overfishing. The boats named as pirate vessels, all of which in this...

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