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| EU: Save the Cod EU: Save the Cod Reuters - NY,USA By Jeremy Smith BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union executive called on Wednesday for several cod fishing areas to be closed in 2005, bowing to repeated warnings from scientists that the species may be on the verge of disappearing from EU waters. In the past, the European Commission has rejected the idea of closing waters to trawlermen for fear of destroying remote coastal communities dependent on fishing for their livelihood. Now, with the first small signs of growth in depleted cod stocks in around 10 years, it says the pressure must be kept up. READ MORE >> __________________ Richard|Sea Fishing |Carp Fishing| Spud Gun | Zander fishing | Fishing Reports | Hunting Reports     |
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