EU agrees fishing quotas for 2005
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European Union  fisheries ministers thrash out a deal on national fishing catches for 2005.
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Talks on national fishing quotas are underway in Brussels between government ministers and the European Commission. The commission recently announced another major round of cuts in the allocations to help conserve stocks.
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EU ministers allow fishermen to catch more cod in the North Sea, against environmentalists' recommendations.
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EU fisheries ministers agreed quotas on Tuesday for new member states to catch deepwater fish, exotic but threatened species that are fast becoming an alternative to mainstays like cod and hake, officials said.
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The European Commission today abandoned demands for the closure of key British cod fisheries in a compromise deal designed to preserve both dwindling cod stocks and the UK&#39;s struggling fishing industry.
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European Union nations said Monday they will send boats and fishing experts to tsunami-devastated areas to help relaunch a fishing industry hurt by the Dec. 26 Asian disaster.
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EU ministers kicked off a traditional  negotiating marathon Tuesday to decide how much to cut fish  catches in 2005 and allow chronically depleted species a chance  to rejuvenate after years of overfishing.
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An Adriatic fishing zone off Croatia prompts EU warnings of negative consequences.
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Scottish fishermen become the first in Europe to implement a new voluntary scheme to conserve stocks.
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About a fifth of cod fishing grounds in the North Sea would be closed for the whole of next year under draconian proposals by the European commission, published yesterday and designed to replenish seriously depleted stocks.
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The 25 fisheries ministers of the European Union have rejected a plan to close areas of the North Sea to cod fishing. And for the fifth year running they have ignored scientists&#39; pleas to stop cod fishing
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Five European Union countries have signed an agreement creating an EU paramilitary force to assist in international peacekeeping missions.
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The European Union on Wednesday banned blue fin tuna fishing in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic for the rest of year as EU fishermen had caught the bloc's full 2007 quota of the endangered fish.
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EU officials table a compromise to cut cod catches by 25% but allow boats to spend longer at sea.
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The European Parliament and EU governments strike a deal on legislation to control the use of toxic chemicals.
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European Union ministers rejected proposals to declare huge swathes of ocean off-limits for trawlers, settling instead Wednesday for less drastic alternatives in an attempt to protect threatened fish such as the once-common cod.
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Proposed changes to EU rules will not punish fishermen who cut off sharks' fins and dump the carcasses, campaigners warn.