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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/fisheries

Parliamentary committee for unambiguous ban on drift nets

Brussels, 02/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - The Parliamentary fisheries committee has recommended approval for the Commission proposal to define precisely what a drift net is. The report by Rosa Miguélez Ramos (PES, Spain) was unanimously adopted by the committee on 25 January. It will be considered by the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 14 February.

The proposal aims to put an end to any misunderstandings (such as those during talks on technical measures in the Mediterranean, see EUROPE...

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