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Wed 11 Nov 2002Tough cutbacks in fishing come with warningThe toughest cutbacks yet in European fishing will be proposed tomorrow - coupled with warnings that the industry will be wiped out within a decade if they are not accepted.The European Commission is looking for an EU agreement to scrap as much as 80 per cent of the European fishing fleet to ease the pressure on stocks, which scientists say are close to collapse.