Seafood industry demands action on LO enforcement. A leading figure in the global seafood industry has warned that failure to implement the EU discards ban effectively will threaten the sustainability status of some stocks, and could lead to the loss…
More species must all be landed next year. Proposals put to Commission for N Sea and Western Water. More quota species and vessels will be subject to the landing obligation/discard ban in 2018 under proposals put to the Commission’s scientific…
A minister has warned that a way must be found to implement the landing obligation that does not tie up fishing vessels as early as February, reports Tim Oliver. Scottish fisheries minister Fergus Ewing said the most problematic area of…
The MMO has issued the following guide for fishermen to the landings obligation/discard ban requirements in 2017, as more species are phased in. 1 North Sea The Demersal Landing Obligation 2017 covers: ● cod; haddock; hake; Nephrops; northern prawn; plaice;…
