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Paris hospital dog trial goes from strength to strength
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Euro-MPs ban electric fishing
It is a common method to catch Dover sole
Euro-MPs voted to ban electric fishing, where electrical pulses are used to catch flat fish.
So-called pulse trawlers from the Netherlands used it, claiming environmental benefits as the seafloor was not dredged.