AR-News: International Fund for Animal Welfare Applauds European Parliament's Proposed Driftnet Regulations

[Animalconcerns]

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In adopting a report by
German MEP Heinz Kindermann, the European Parliament has expressed
overwhelming support for a proposed regulation to end the accidental catch
(or bycatch) of harbour porpoises and dolphins, which die in the thousands
in EU fishing nets, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said
today.

The European Commission is proposing the phasing out of driftnets in the
Baltic Sea by 2007 with an immediate restriction in length to 2.5 km., the
compulsory use of pingers (acoustic deterrent devices attached to nets) in
certain fisheries, observers on board a proportion of vessels to monitor
bycatch, and the mandatory reporting of bycatch elsewhere. 

full story:
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=128-02182004

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