PARIS, July 12 (UPI) -- The European Court of Justice fined France a hefty $24 million Tuesday for violating legislation to protect the region's endangered fisheries stocks.
In addition, Paris must pay another $70 million for every six-month period of violation in the future, the Luxembourg-based court announced.
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France was similarly denounced in 1991 for breaking fish protection laws.
Inspectors found the country was marketing fish below size regulations, and was not controlling ports for possible fisheries violations.
