FISH COUNCIL: "WESTERN WATERS" RULES FINALLY ANCHORED.

From: Europe Agri | Date: June 25, 2004 | Copyright information

More cut-backs in fishing effort.

The Western Waters Regulation implements the deal Fisheries Ministers struck last Autumn and sets maximum levels of fishing effort for designated North Atlantic fishing areas, from the Azores off the coast of North Africa to the waters West of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The national fleet of nine Member States fishing in the area now face a new fishing effort ceiling, which is calculated on the basis of what they fished between 1998...

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