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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9310
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries

First compromise on deep-sea species not sufficient - work to begin again on Tuesday ahead of agreement

Brussels, 20/11/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 20 November, EU fisheries ministers studied a first compromise text from the Finnish Presidency on fishing quotas for deep-sea species for the next two years (2007 and 2008). Despite concessions, particularly on black scabbardfish, red bream and greater forkbeard, accepted by Fisheries Commissioner Joe Borg, the Member States most involved in this fishery (France, Spain, Portugal and Poland) felt that the reductions in total allowable catches...

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