Brussels, 15/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - In Brussels on Wednesday 14 May, Oceana, the international organisation for the protection of the oceans, presented further proof that fishing nets banned for the past six years by Community legislation were still being used in the Mediterranean by Italian and French fishing vessels.
The use of driftnets to capture large pelagic species is illegal because they are a threat to the conservation of various species of cetaceans, sea turtles and sharks,...