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EU bans deep sea trawling

Two and a half years after the European Parliament’s surprise refusal, the European institutions on Thursday (30 June) finally agreed to ban trawler fishing at depths of more than 800 metres. It took four years of intense negotiations from the European Commission’s initial proposal in July 2012, but a ban on trawling at depths greater than 800 metres in all European waters has finally been agreed… Source

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