EU ROUND UP – MICRONESIA, COMOROS, LEGAL SIMPLIFICATION, PORTUGAL ANCHOVIES
November 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLDETAILS of a rich nine-year fishing access deal struck between the European Union (EU) and the Federated States of Micronesia, in the western Pacific, have been released by the European Commission.Noting that the western Pacific is "the richest tuna fishery ground in the world (it accounts for 50% of total tuna catches world-wide)", the Commission stressed: "The current state of the stocks is good and that, for certain species, the maximum safe level of exploitation has not been reached yet."This is good news for fishing fleets able to catch an ...
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