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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8975

23 June 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries
Commission to close anchovy fishing in Bay of Biscay for 3 months

Brussels, 22/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday the European Commission decided that anchovy fishing in the Bay of Biscay will close for 3 months staring at the beginning of July in an effort to protect stocks. On 10 June it indicated that it intended to close this fishing for six months, as Spanish fishermen had asked, and who had unilaterally suspended in mid-May, their fishing due to low anchovy catches (EUROPE 8966). This biological ruling will enable Spanish fishermen to get aid...

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