EU ‘unfair to UK fishing crews’

Report of comments by UK Fisheries Minister Ben Bradsaw before an informal discussion at the Fisheries Council, Luxembourg, 17 April 2007 which debate Commission proposals to combat Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

• Primary Source

European Commission: SPEECH/07/230: Informal Fisheries Council: Statement by Commissioner Joe Borg http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/07/230&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: DG Fisheries: Informal Discussion of the Fisheries Ministers, Luxembourg, 17 April 2007: Introductory Paper Presented by Commissioner Joe Borg: The IUU Package http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/press_corner/press_releases/intropaper.pdf

United Kingdom: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fisheries http://www.defra.gov.uk/fish/index.htm

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