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Estonia not satisfied with EU's plan to limit fishing
BC, Tallinn, 13.10.2014.
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Print versionEstonian Minister of the Environment Keit Pentus-Rosimannus stresses that she does not agree to the plan of the European Commission to reduce the sprat and salmon fishing rights, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.
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"The abundance of several fish species is so big that very steep cuts in fishing opportunities are neither justified nor necessary," explained Pentus-Rosimannus who participates in the European Union's Fisheries Council meeting commencing today in Luxembourg.
While the European Commission wants to cut sprat fishing rights by 17%, Estonia thinks the cut could be by 10%.
The European Commission has also proposed to reduce the Gulf of Finland salmon fishing quota by 23%, but Estonia's position is that the abundance of salmon allows not cutting the fishing quota in the coming year at all.
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