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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9311
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries

Council agreement on electronic logbook

Brussels, 21/11/2006 (Agence Europe) - In Brussels on 21 November, EU fisheries ministers reached political agreement on the proposal requiring captains of fishing vessels to replace the paper version of the logbook with an electronic one. This requirement will come into force around 2010 for vessels over 24 metres in length, and two years later for 15-24 metre vessels (for vessels under 15 metres Member States will also be able to modernise logbooks). Spain, which has 1,000 vessels over 24...

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