Brussels, 22/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - Most members of the European Parliament (EP) fisheries committee took the view during discussions on Tuesday 20 December that a ban, pure and simple, on discarding fish at sea is not the best solution. It would be better, they suggested, firstly, to strengthen measures to improve selectivity of fishing gear so that under-sized fish or unwanted species because of their lower market value can escape from the nets.
In its proposal on the reform of the...