02/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - By adopting the report of Francis Aglus (EPP Malta) on the conservation and management of fishing resources, the Parliamentary Committee of the Council of Europe is acknowledging that over-fishing is occurring and resources are being depleted. The report calls on fishing to be reduced, fishing zones and periods decreased, technical standards on boats and fishing methods be strengthened and re-training provided for ex-fishermen. It supports the EU Common Fishing Policy reform and calls for the social and environmental dimensions to be reinforced. The Assembly also adopted the report of German Social Democrat, Wolfgang Behrendt on fishing in semi-closed European waters. It calls on governments that are effected by fishing in the Baltic, Mediterranean and Black Sea to set up protected zones and adapt their fishing fleets to the potential change in volume of fish caught.