Brussels, 04/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - A few days away from the plenary vote on the report by Ulrike Rodust (S&D, Germany) on the basic regulation reforming the common fisheries policy (CFP - see EUROPE 10777), Europêche and Copa-Cogeca - representing the interests of the fisheries and aquaculture sector in Europe - have said that they are very concerned about the methods provided in this report for banning discards.
“The radical aim to ban the practice of fish discards and the...