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Following two days of talks, EU fisheries ministers hammered out political agreement Wednesday on 2025 fishing quotas in the Atlantic, the North Sea, the Mediterranean and the Black Seas.

— last modified 06 February 2013 The overall objective of the European Commission proposals for a modern and simpler Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is to make fishing sustainable – environmentally,…

— last modified 11 October 2012 There are seven Regional Advisory Councils under the CFP. Five are based on geographically and biologically coherent zones. The two others are based on…

— last modified 14 July 2011 The overall objective of the European Commission’s proposals for a modern and simpler Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is to make fishing sustainable – environmentally,…

— last modified 12 April 2011 Getting away with fishing illegally will become much more difficult for fishermen, as the EU’s new system for fisheries control is now fully operational.…