Brussels, 23/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission announced on Thursday 23 February that it had used emergency powers to reduce and avoid excessive discarding of haddock in the West of Scotland. The measure, adopted under Article 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 (conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources), will permit fishermen to land the catches rather than throw them back into the sea. It will come into force with an immediate effect for an...