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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9421

8 May 2007
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries
Delayed negotiations on the protection of eels and bluefin tuna

Brussels, 07/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - On the evening of Monday 7 May in Brussels, the Fisheries Ministers of the Member States of the EU were attempting to reach a political agreement on reconstitution measures for eel stocks. The main stumbling block related to restocking operations of European breeding ponds, it using young eels. France and Spain were trying to remove detailed constraints on restocking (up to 60% of young eel catch in 2010, under the latest compromise). The heart of the...

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