Brussels, 08/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - Fishermen should be aware that it is in their own interest to reduce discards, argued Ragnar Arnason, an economist at the University of Iceland on Monday 7 April. He was presenting the findings of his study on the “Best Practice on the Use of Rights-Based Management to Reduce Discards in Mixed Fisheries” to the European Parliament fisheries committee.
This expert cited the examples of countries such as Iceland, Namibia, Norway, New Zealand and the...