Brussels, 03/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - At a hearing with fishermen in Brussels on Tuesday 3 May, EU Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki argued for a legal framework that will bring an end to discards, dead fish thrown back into the sea. Very clear objectives and timescales had to be set and the fishing industry had to find ways of not catching what cannot or must not be fished, she said. “Discards are not a viable option”, she stated.
In proposals for the reform of the common...