Brussels, 12/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - The international marine conservation organisation, Oceana, welcomes the provisions taken by the Italian government with a view to ordering the confiscation of driftnets held illegally by Italian fishing vessels in the Mediterranean. EU regulations have prohibited the use of such nets since January 2002 for fishing tuna. Oceana had sounded the alarm in November 2006 announcing that it had evidence that driftnets had been used by 71 Italian vessels and...