Strasbourg, 21/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - Last Thursday, in Strasbourg, the European Parliament adopted the report by Ian Stewart Hudghton, which calls for greater flexibility regarding plans to restore stocks of cod and hake (see detailed summary in EUROPE of 14 and 15 January, p.15). The Parliament insists that the reduction in technical measures and fishing effort should be based on scientific opinions that are "reliable, independent and well-founded", and that the European Commission...