Brussels, 19/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - After having taken emergency measures in February 2001 (see EUROPE of 8 February, p.10) to provisionally close certain fishing areas, the Commission adopted a new series of technical measures aimed at preventing catches of juvenile cod in the North Sea and to the west of Scotland. These measures consist, as a priority, in imposing a general increase in the size of meshes for towed and static nets used for catching cod, and in defining additional...