Collaboration between civil society, the fish catching and retail sectors and government agencies is necessary to achieve an end to the illegal and wasteful discarding of fish, according to the Our Fish campaign.
In 2010, more than half the fish being caught in the North Sea were being discarded.
The growth of the “Fish Fight” campaign helped to mobilize vast public support to end this waste, and the resulting landing obligation that was introduced in 2013 by the reformed European Common Fisheries Policy, according to Rebecca Hubbard, Our Fish program director.
Our Fish: EU retailers, fishing firms need to collaborate against discards as ban approaches
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