Later on, particularly in the nineteenth century, some countries developed beds of oysters, which were considered - quite rightly - to be a species of food for the refined palate.
On research, we need to look seriously at the interaction of cod and other commercial fish species such as haddock and whiting.
With its abundance of species, tuna has become a commercially and socio-economically significant fishery resource, to the extent that it has recently shown strong growth rates.
The commercial hunt of animals and the felling of tropical forests result in the rapid extinction of animal species, including gorillas and chimpanzees.
A further example: we believe that, given the importance of the whitebait sector, that species can be put on sale on condition that it is caught with statutory gear.
Fishing of these species has certain characteristics in common, irrespective of where it takes place, which is why we have proposed a coherent package of measures.
I repeat this statement in the light of the fact that we have fed herbivores, in other words plant eaters, their own species.
Something in the order of 55 percent of all species of bird are endangered, as are no less than 45 percent of butterfly species, to mention just two examples.
We cannot accept a ban on certain local feeding practices as this would seriously disrupt existing national schemes for the protection of endangered species.
They have also four panels dealing with tropical tuna, with temperate tuna, the north and temperate tuna south and other species.
