We are talking about drift nets the size of football pitches, trailed between two boats, scooping up everything in their way. Dolphins breathe air so if they get tangled up in nets and kept under water they drown.

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The commission had no alternative than to let the textiles through the ports, ... As the commissioner said - who would pay for the mountains of trousers and pullovers if we sent them back to China? But this situation should have been anticipated and avoided.

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