Brussels, 14/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - During his first visit to Italy 9-11 February as European Commissioner for fisheries, Joe Borg encouraged stakeholders to play their part in the adoption of the measures proposed by the Commission to protect fish stocks and reduce overfishing in the Mediterranean. “Catches had been declining over the past twenty years” in the Mediterranean and urgent action was needed to avoid the problems experienced with some of the most commercially important...