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WWF takes Council to European Court of Justice over cod quotas

Brussels, 20/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - The decision by the EU Fisheries Council in December 2006 to reduce cod quotas by only 14% ignores the scientific advice of ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) on fishing quotas, according to the WWF (the World Wide Fund for Nature). WWF UK is therefore taking the Council of the European Union to the European Court of Justice for failing to follow its own rules regarding cod fisheries and therefore breaching EU law (the Cod...

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