Increased cod quotas 'disastrous'
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Science & environment: Conservationists attack EU fishing quota deal that will allow fishing fleets to land an extra 11% of cod in North Sea.
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The global fishing industry is increasingly trawling the high seas for bottom-dwelling fish  -  a practice environmentalists say is the world's most destructive business
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The public must be alerted about the risk that not managing water properly could lead to shortages, MPs warn.
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Science & environment: A European-wide ruling to increase wheat supply could have a 'devastating effect' on Britain's already threatened farmland birds, RSPB warns.
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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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The European Commission calls for cuts in quotas of cod, herring and anchovy to conserve stocks.
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A total ban on North Sea cod fishing is called for by a group of marine scientists ahead of EU fisheries talks.
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LONDON, Nov 9  (IPS) - Business opposition to red tape and regulations is  damaging society and the wider environment, says a new report.
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A Royal Commission warns species are at risk unless steps are taken to close up to a third of UK fishing grounds.
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A large increase in the number of foreign seamen jumping ship in New Zealand has been blamed on an immigration racket and prompted a government threat to ban overseas fishing crews, according to a report.
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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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Europeâs dinner tables are increasingly supplied by global fishing fleets, which are depleting the worldâs oceans to feed ravenous consumers.
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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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Industrial fishing from Europe is crippling coastal African economies and creating a surge of illegal migrants.
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Britain strongly attacked "devastating" proposals by the European Union ( news - web sites ) executive to ban cod fishing in parts of the North Sea as EU fisheries ministers prepared for annual talks on quotas.
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The European Commission has rejected proposals to ban cod fishing in several areas of the North Sea in favour of greater restrictions.
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Cod stocks in Europe's northern waters are on the verge of extinction, scientists said on Monday, calling for a blanket ban on fishing in 2005.