The European Parliament’s rapporteur on the revision of the fisheries control system, Clara Aguilera (S&D, Spain), is proposing that the installation of cameras or other devices to monitor (fish) discards should be compulsory only for vessels with a high risk of non-compliance with the landing obligation.
This is a change of position compared to the work under the previous parliamentary term. Indeed, a majority of MEPs on Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries at the time opposed the...