The European Commission brought forward a delegated act on Friday 14 October amending the discard plan for certain pelagic fisheries in south-western waters.
The requirement to land all catches (resulting from the ban on discarding fish at sea) in EU waters has applied to pelagic fisheries since 1 January 2015.
With a view to implementing the regionalisation approach, the member states involved in fishing in this zone agreed that the country chairing meetings of the group – Portugal –...