Action urged on illegal fishing - BBC

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Last Updated: Sunday, 29 April 2007, 14:20 GMT 15:20 UK

Action urged on illegal fishing
By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News website

The government is expected to call for a system to track fish
across Europe in efforts to cut down on illegal fishing.

Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw and Overseas Development
Minister Gareth Thomas say it will make it harder for
illegal catches to enter the EU.

The plan, including electronic records of vessels and catches,
will be backed by supermarkets and environmental groups at a
meeting on Monday.

The ministers will also pledge £15m to help Sierra Leone stop
illegal fishing.

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The tracking system would help regulate fishing by allowing
fish to be traced "from the moment they are caught to when
they are served on a customer's plate" - says the Department
of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

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