Brussels, 29/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 28 June, the EU Council of ministers adopted, without debate, a new regulation giving a precise definition of a drift net. The Commission could use this definition in its case involving the “thonaille” in France (see EUROPE 9456 on the submission of the case to the Court of Justice). The Commission believes that the “thonaille” fishing technique, used by 80 French vessels to catch bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean, is simply a drift...