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But drift nets are by no means the only danger.

Consequently, can a change in the current position on drift nets be expected?

It was a sort of drift net for anything the sky happened to throw.

Japan and Taiwan have agreed to stop using drift nets by the end of the year.

Looks like we're caught in a big drift net.

There is no need either for me to explain why we in this House object to what happens with drift nets.

At least 200 vessels are now believed to use drift nets in the western part of the sea.

A commercial fishing industry was established, taking salmon using drift nets.

He called the continued use of the huge drift nets "an ongoing tragedy."

They were designed to catch herrings in a long drift net.

As a result, several European governments now want all drift nets banned, even the short, legal kind.

The association, he said, has representatives scattered around the world who try to monitor drift net use.

The traditional method used for catching herring was the drift net.

Drift nets are walls of nylon mesh 30 feet deep and up to 40 miles long.

This plan emphasises the fact that drift nets are not profitable.

She said the monitoring agreement would not provide adequate data about damage from drift nets.

Individuals have also been recorded killed in drift nets.

It is not good to be constantly saying that counties such as Algeria use drift nets too.

Finally, two very brief comments on the amendments relating to drift nets.

The Japanese government has unexpectedly agreed to a ban on drift net fishing.

"But it's not going to ease opposition on drift netting.

In Spain, almost 25 vessels have licenses for the vast drift nets.

Despite controls, violations of drift net fishing laws are commonplace.

"Drift nets remain a real plague on the sea."

In the text adopted today the abolition of drift nets is mentioned several times.