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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9350
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries

Commission seeking new powers to combat illegal fishing

Brussels, 23/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has confirmed its intention to present, in summer 2007, proposals to strengthen the European Community's efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Four years after the EU's action plan on combating IUU fishing, the Commission is seeking to propose a new strategy against illegal fishing practices which threaten the very survival of some fish stocks and harm companies which stick to the rules. To better...

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