EU ministers agreed early on Wednesday a reform of the EU's fishing quota system that must now be approved by the European Parliament, where lawmakers are set on curbing overfishing.

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May 15, 2013 not rated yet 0

EU fisheries ministers wound up a tough 48 hours of talks on sustainable fishing with a Thursday breakfast "compromise" on the vexed issue of 2013 quotas.

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Dec 20, 2012 not rated yet 1

Annual catches of Atlantic bluefin tuna will rise slightly from next year, green groups said Monday at a meeting of countries that hunt the much-prized but threatened species.

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Nov 19, 2012 not rated yet 0

A racial quota system at one of the leading universities in Brazil raised the proportion of black students from low-income families, without decreasing their efforts to succeed in school, a major new study finds.

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Sep 07, 2012 1 / 5 (2) 2

(AP) -- There's a new breach in China's great cultural wall and Hollywood is cautiously moving in.

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Apr 16, 2012 not rated yet 1

Canada's response to the "milk wars" in the United States in the 1970s was to establish a supply management system that both protects and restricts the income of its dairy farmers. A University of Illinois study examined ...

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Mar 06, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

More than twice as many tonnes of Atlantic bluefin tuna were sold last year compared with official catch records for this threatened species, according to a report released on Tuesday.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 18, 2011 4 / 5 (1) 0

While they may have similar environmental aims, the Swedish electricity market's two policy instruments -- tradable green certificates and carbon emissions allowances -- are not easy bedfellows. Although straightforward at ...

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Oct 04, 2011 not rated yet 0

Suddenly, the quota system is in fashion. The conviction, not simply in one or two German ministries, that it is a suitable tool for ultimately getting more women into company management is gathering pace. ...

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Mar 08, 2011 not rated yet 0

(AP) -- The International Whaling Commission has proposed allowing the animals to be hunted under strict quotas, bringing the world a step closer to the first legal commercial whaling in nearly 25 years.

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Apr 23, 2010 1 / 5 (2) 0

Although women's representation in national legislatures around the globe has nearly doubled in the last 30 years, the average percentage of women legislators is only 18 percent worldwide. While many countries ...

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Aug 11, 2009 1 / 5 (1) 1