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Environmental groups are sceptical the measures will help against overfishing (Photo: photo_gram)

New EU policy aims to reduce overfishing by 2015

In a frank admission that the current EU fisheries policy is "not working", the responsible commissioner Maria Damanaki on Wednesday (13 July) unveiled a new set of measures aimed at reducing overfishing by 2015.

"Our current system is not working in favour of sustainability, this is absolutely sure," Damanaki said during a press conference, noting that 75 percent of the stocks are being overfished and a third of that is in a "worrying state".

In addition, two thirds of the EU's f...

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Environmental groups are sceptical the measures will help against overfishing (Photo: photo_gram)

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