07 Dec 2019
Report highlights illegal discarding in scampi industry – Open Seas report
Open Seas ‘We have published a ‘Discard Dossier’ in collaboration with Our Fish providing evidence that illegal discarding continues in the Scottish prawn (scampi) fishery and is threatening the recovery of our already collapsed fish stocks. Here’s the executive summary: In 2013 the ‘discard ban’ or Landing Obligation was agreed to reduce and record the amount of […]
02 Nov 2019
Discards continue in Scottish Scampi fishery
Reported in the Independent based on an FOI from NGO Open Seas Several thousand tonnes of dead fish have been illegally discarded by trawlers in the North Sea and west coast of Scotland this year, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. Small, juvenile fish often end up getting caught in scampi fisheries because their mesh nets […]
23 Jul 2019
Lords find that the discards policy is failing – 2nd Report Published
Report: Fisheries: implementation and enforcement of the EU landing obligation (HTML) Report: Fisheries: implementation and enforcement of the EU landing obligation (PDF) Report : The EU fisheries landing obligation: six months on (HTML) Report: The EU fisheries landing obligation: six months on (PDF) Government response: Fisheries: implementation and enforcement of the EU landing obligation ( […]
28 May 2019
EU fish discard legislation – Lords committee further explores UKs capability
22 May 2019 Watch the Video The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee takes evidence from the bodies responsible for enforcing fisheries legislation in England and Scotland. Report: Fisheries: implementation and enforcement of the EU landing obligation (HTML) Report: Fisheries: implementation and enforcement of the EU landing obligation (PDF) ( PDF 618 KB) Parliament TV: Implementation […]
12 Feb 2019
UK Trawlers ignoring ban on discarding edible fish
Guardian ‘Lords say government failing to act as industry blames non-compliance on ‘flawed design’ About 1.7m tonnes of fish are discarded across the EU every year, because fleets catch fish for which they do not have a quota. Public backing for a ban on discarding edible fish at sea has been thwarted by the reluctance of the […]
07 Jan 2019
Discards: Implementation of the Landing Obligation … ‘grave impact’ on the fishing industry
The House of Lords EU Energy and Environment sub-committee Watch George Eustice explain the changes BBC: New EU rules on fishing quotas could have a “grave” impact on the UK’s fishing industry, a House of Lords committee has said – just a day before the new policy is introduced. Under previous rules, crews often discarded, […]
26 Nov 2018
Discards & the Landings obligation House of Lords EU committee launch inquiry
The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee launches an inquiry into the implementation of the EU landing obligation. Call for evidence: Implementation and enforcement of the EU landing obligation ( PDF 164 KB) Inquiry: Implementation and enforcement of the EU landing obligation Send a written submission EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee Background Discarding is the practice of […]
