Strasbourg, 12/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - By adopting by a large majority (420 for, 91 against, 7 abstentions) the report by Dominique Souchet (Non attached - France) on the management of hake stocks in the North, the European Parliament has backed up the position of the Member States during December's Fisheries Council on rejecting limitation measures on fishing effort for this species. Like the Council's modification during the last fisheries marathon, the EP significantly amended the...