Research for PECH Committee – The Discard Ban and its Impact on the MSY Objective on Fisheries

This is the reference document of the Workshop on 'The discard ban and its impact on the Maximum Sustainable Yield objective on fisheries' of 16th June 2016, organised by the Committee on Fisheries (COMPECH) and the Policy Department B (PECH Research) of the European Parliament.

The report is structured in three parts:

1 The discard ban and its impact on the MSY objective-The North Sea
2. The discard ban and its impact on the MSY objective-The Atlantic Ocean: The Bay of Biscay case
3. The discard ban and its impact on the MSY objective-The Baltic Sea

An Overarching report on the commonalities and differences of the three reports is attached.

• Primary Source

European Parliament: Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union: Publications available via the EU Bookshop http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/directorate-general-for-internal-policies-of-the-union-cbf.cKABstF7wAAAEjwYYY4e5K/

European Commission: DG Fisheries: Common Fisheries Policy: Managing fish stocks: Discards http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/fishing_rules/discards/index_en.htm

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