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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9572

4 January 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 24
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries
Reduction in EU fishing fleet capacity not enough for fish stocks

Brussels, 03/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 20 December, the European Commission adopted a study on the efforts made by member states in 2006 to achieve a sustainable balance between fishing capacity and fishing possibilities. The study shows that capacity of the EU fishing fleet continued its slow but steady reduction at an annual rate of between 2% and 3% (a trend recorded over the last fifteen years). However, according to the staff of European Fisheries Commissioner Joe Borg, this...

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