The new regulations will cover every stage in the harvesting process, from capture through when the fish are brought to market, reports Fishing News.
Harmonized standards for inspection activities and procedures will help deliver uniform implementation. This new approach will make use of modern technologies and risk analysis. It will introduce systematic and automated cross checking of data collected at the catching, landing and sale stages, to make it easier to spot attempts to break the rules.
These measures will be backed up by a comprehensive traceability system, so that all fish and fisheries products, whether imported or produced in the EU, can be tracked throughout the market chain.
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