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23/02/2012 - Questions and Answers - Emergency measures to remove haddock from catch composition rules in West of Scotland
What did the catch composition rules intend to achieve?The catch composition rules were put in place in 2009 to reduce fishing mortality by preventing a targeted fishery for cod, haddock, and whiting. The catches of all three stocks had substantially reduced, and they were considered to have collapsed. The rules were to allow for stocks to recover, but only the haddock stock has improved since.
23/02/2012 - Fisheries: Commission acts to reduce discards in the West of Scotland
The European Commission today used emergency powers, under Article 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 to reduce and avoid excessive discarding of haddock in the West of Scotland.
23/02/2012 - New Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Mauritius
The European Union and Mauritius initialed today a new Fishery Partnership Agreement (FPA) and Protocol.

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