The European Commission presented on Wednesday 5 August a delegated act extending for 3 years, until 31 December 2023, the 2018 regulation granting exemptions from landing requirements for small pelagic fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea.
The purpose of the landing obligation is to eliminate the practice of discarding fish at sea. In the Mediterranean, the landing obligation applies from 1 January 2015 to fishermen who catch small pelagic species subject to a minimum conservation...