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Discard ban poor remedy for overfishing
While the EU ban on discarding by-catch is a little step in the right direction, it does not prevent the destructive fishing methods in the first place.
(Unrelated file photo). The reformed CFP will ensure annual quotas will be underpinned by scientific advice, to achieve healthy fish stocks and a prosperous fishing industry.
The vote also secures, for the first time, a legally binding commitment to fishing at sustainable levels. This will ensure annual quotas will be underpinned by scientific advice, to achieve healthy fish stocks and a prosperous fishing industry. Both the legal commitment to fishing sustainably and the new regional management of countries’ fisheries came into force on 1 January 2014.
Throwing away fish will no longer be tolerated. The ban on discards is a vital accomplishment which will transform the way the EU seas are fished and help continue to fish sustainably for decades to come.