BBC: EU adopts tougher fishing rules to protect stocks
The EU is stepping up efforts to trace the origin of fish landed The EU has agreed on common inspection rules to prevent overfishing and make it possible to trace fish "from net to plate", the European Commission says.
The rules include a new point system to punish crews who fish illegally. If they accumulate too many points they will lose their licence.
EU nations police their own fisheries, but they have agreed on common inspection and......
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EU adopts tougher fishing rules
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 12th, 2011
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