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Norwegian lobster, hake and monkfish in Cantabrian and Galician waters and cod in the North Sea, the west of Ireland, the western Baltic and the eastern English Channel cannot withstand any more fishing pressure.
Proposals to catch almost 45,000 tonnes of deep-sea fish in 2005 have been made.
Ricardo Aguilar, Director of Projects and Research for the international marine organisation, is presenting Oceana’s proposals that subsidies should only be granted to artisanal and shallow-water fishing fleets.
The European Parliament and the European Commission are trying to put an end to the impunity of illegal dumping of waste oil in the face of the Council of Transport Ministers’ reticence.
According to a report published today in “Science” magazine.
Spain welcomes the Community Fisheries Control Agency while at the same time blocking proposals to reduce the fishing effort.
The destination of most of the more than 20 million cubic metres of oil waste produced in Europe is yet unknown.
