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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9677

7 June 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/fisheries
EP opposes idea of 1000 metre depth restriction on trawlers

Brussels, 06/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 5 June 2008, the European Parliament made slight amendments to the draft regulation to eliminate destructive fishing practices that threaten vulnerable marine ecosystems in the high seas (see EUROPE 9525 on the European Commission's proposal). Adopting a report by Duarte Freitas (EPP-ED, Portugal) by 579 to 35 with 13 abstentions, the EP scrapped the measures introducing 1000 metres as the maximum depth for deep sea trawlers. The EP says...

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