date:Feb 08, 2013
said fisheries reform rapporteur Ulrike Rodust (SD, DE). Her report was adopted by 502 votes to 137, with 27 abstentions.
Discards - fish thrown back, usually because they are of an unwanted species or size - account for almost a quarter of total EU catches. Most of the discarded species die. To end this wasteful practice, MEPs voted to oblige fishing vessels to land all catches in accordance with a schedule of specific dates for different fisheries, starting from 2014.
Landed catches of fish