EU CATCH LANDINGS STATISTICAL HARMONISATION REFORM
November 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLAN OVERHAUL of the official statistics produced of catch landings across the European Union (EU) has been proposed by the European Commission, which would create national figures, instead of pan-EU data as at present. Brussels says, with member states already collecting the information, it would be no large job to divide data country-by-country, while at the moment, information is collated for all EU vessels, those of the European Free Trade Area (EFTA), and other boats. This - said a Commission memorandum - "will permit more detailed analyses of ...
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