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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8315

10 October 2002
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries/mediterranean
Commission proposes setting up protected zone and TAC for swordfish, long-finned tuna, anchovies and some crustaceans

Brussels, 09/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - In the European Commission's adoption of an action plan for the conservation of fish stocks in the Mediterranean (adopted on Friday), the Commission proposes setting up a Fisheries Protection Zone (FPZ), which will mean that the control of fishing activities could be applied over a wider area thus deterring illegal practices and counter act the pressures exercised on certain stocks, as well as establishing new Total Allowable Catches (TAC) for...

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