Brussels, 09/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 9 July, the European Commission adopted a regulation banning vessels flying the Polish flag from fishing cod in the Eastern Baltic. Poland has far exceeded its 2007 quota, and has failed to check, as it is required to do, the accuracy of declared catches.
According to the data available to Fisheries and Maritime Policy Commissioner Joe Borg and his team, after inspectors had been dispatched, Polish catches could, in fact, be three times...