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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9456

28 June 2007
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/fisheries
France before Court in “thonaille” affair

Brussels, 27/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - As announced, the European Commission decided on Wednesday 27 June to bring France before the European Court of Justice on the grounds that the country has done nothing so far to put an end to fishing with a “thonaille” net (EUROPE 9455). This net is used by 80 French vessels to catch bluefin tuna and swordfish in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. The Commission takes the view that these nets constitute drift nets, which have been banned since...

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