EU nations agree on new rules for fish catch

The European Union nations have agreed on changes to the way fishermen will hunt the Atlantic next year, hoping it will give threatened fish a sustainable future and fishermen more lucrative catches.
The 27 EU fisheries ministers agreed unanimously to contain the wasteful practice of throwing certain fish overboard because they do not meet catch quotas or commercial or environmental standards. The effort is top replenish dwindling stocks of fish. The rules agreed to for 2009 will allow fishermen to market more fish while catching fewer, the ministers said Friday.
AP