Monday, February 11, 2013

Euro MPs back large-scale fishing reform to save stocks


The European Parliament has voted for sweeping reforms of the controversial EU Common Fisheries Policy.

The package includes measures to protect endangered stocks and end discards - the practice of throwing unwanted dead fish into the sea.

Wasteful discards are reckoned to account for a quarter of total catches under the current quota system.

See full Article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21352617