Brussels, 07/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - The UK House of Lords has come out in favour of aid to encourage fishermen to end the practice of discards, throwing unwanted fish back into the sea, and said that transferable fishing concessions should be obligatory and extended to all fishing vessels. Calling for more ambitious measures, it thus responded to the European Commission proposals on the reform of the common fisheries policy (CFP).
Lord Carter of Coles, who chairs the Lords EU...