Brussels, 29/01/2015 (Agence Europe) - Agreement between the Council and the European Parliament on the rules for implementing the requirement to land all catches (“omnibus” regulation ending discards at sea) was reached on Thursday 29 January.
The reform of the common fisheries policy, containing the requirement to land all catches, has come into force but the technical rules on implementation still had to be adopted. The practice of discarding fish came to an end on 1 January 2015 for...