Speech: Discarding: Key challenge in fisheries policy reform

Text of a speech by Maria Damanaki, European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, at a High Level Meeting on banning discards, Brussels, 1 March 2011.

United Kingdom: FCO: News, 15.3.11: UK urges end to wasteful fishing practices http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=News&id=566606382

ESO: Background information: Denmark calls for cameras to monitor fishing http://www.europeansources.info/record/denmark-calls-for-cameras-to-monitor-fishing/

Ireland: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Press Release, 1.3.11: Minister Smith supports practical and appropriate measures to tackle the wasteful practice of discarding fish at sea http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/press/pressreleases/2011/march/title,51620,en.html

Scotland: The Scottish Government: News Release, 1.3.11: Fish discards http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2011/03/02075729

The Guardian, 2.3.11: Fish quota system to be overhauled (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/522001-fish-quota-system-be-overhauled

BBC News, 1.3.11: EU proposals to bring in ban on fish discards http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12614626

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