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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11136

21 August 2014
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) fisheries
Eleven EU countries to reduce quotas for 2014 after overfishing

Brussels, 20/08/2014 (Agence Europe) - The eleven member states that declared that they exceeded their fishing quotas in 2013 will face reduced fishing quotas for those stocks in 2014.

In early August, the European Commission announced these deductions on a yearly basis to immediately address the damage done to the stocks overfished in the previous year and ensure sustainable use by the member states of common fishery resources. Compared to last year, the number of deductions made was down...