date:Feb 08, 2013
that are undersized, for example, would be restricted to uses other than human consumption. Member states must ensure that fishing vessels comply with the discard ban.
From 2015, EU member states will be prevented from setting quotas that are too high to be sustainable. Fishermen will have to respect the maximum sustainable yield (MSY), i.e. catch no more than a given stock can reproduce in a given year. In today's vote, MEPs sought to ensure that stocks recover by 2020 to above MSY levels and