Brussels, 20/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - As announced last week (Europe of 11 September, p.14), the fisheries working group of the Council of the EU reached agreement on Thursday on a planned temporary ban on bottom trawl fishing in the waters around the Azores, the Canary Islands and Madeira. The proposal also involves an increase in the number of days spent at sea by British haddock fishermen in the North Sea from ten to twelve. The agreement will be endorsed by the Committee of Permanent...