| Author (Corporate) | United Kingdom: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
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| Publisher | United Kingdom: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
| Series Title | News Release |
| Series Details | No.172 (8.5.01) |
| Publication Date | 08/05/2001 |
| Content Type | News |
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Following concerted pressure from UK Fisheries Minister, Elliot Morley and green lobby groups, the problem of dolphins and porpoises being killed in fishing nets is to be made a priority by the European Commission. The European Commission's Green Paper on the future of fishing in EU waters states that EU fishing states must find answers to the problem of cetacean bycatch (dolphins and porpoises caught by accident in nets) from 2002. |
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| Source Link | http://www.maff.gov.uk/inf/newsrel/2001/010508b.htm |
| Subject Categories | Business and Industry |
