Brussels, 12/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Monday evening, the European Parliament examined the report by British Conservative James Nicholson on the renewal in 2001 of measures aimed to replenish cod stocks in the Irish Sea. If the Parliament follows its fisheries committee when it votes on Tuesday, it will approve the draft regulation that reintroduces the ban on cod catches and the use of fishing equipment that could entail by-catches of this same species. The closure of cod fishing covers...