Brussels, 13/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - After ten months of difficult negotiations, the fisheries ministers of the EU Member States reached a political agreement on a proposal of compromise from the Italian Presidency (in accord with the European Commission), establishing a new system for reducing fishing in western waters, and mainly in the protected 50-mile zone along the Irish coast ("Irish Box"). The text essentially provides for: - the establishment of a sensitive biological zone limited...