Europe's three leading fishing industry organizations -- EAPO, Europeche and Cogeca -- recently presented a united approach in Brussels to address the issue of discards in an effective and workable manner.
This is the consequence of the "unworkable and ineffective proposals" of both the European Union (EU) Commission and the Council of Fisheries Ministers.
Discards ban key element of CFP
In July 2011, the European Commission launched a proposal for a reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). One key element of this was the introduction of a discards ban.
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