Brussels, 19/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is prepared to scale back the level of its ambition on measures to combat discarding fish at sea in the light of the complexity of the issue and the difficulties that a discard ban would create for fishermen. At the Fisheries Council on Monday 19 March, several ministers (those of France, Spain, Ireland, Belgium, Poland, Cyprus, Malta and others) were critical of the initial arrangements proposed by the Commission in July 2011 to...