On Monday the European Commission ordered Polish fishermen to stop trawling for cod in the eastern Baltic Sea. According to the commission, Poland has misreported its catch and exceeded its quota for 2007.
Large differences between catch figures from Polish authorities and figures supplied by EU inspectors showed that Poland had now exhausted its entire 2007 eastern Baltic cod quota. Poland had received several warnings to slow down its cod fishing, but had not complied, says the commission.
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