CFP reforms published today - what will the fishing industry think?

Local Newlyn fisherman Mike Mahon was never one to pull any punches when it came to criticising what he saw as Brussels' failur to deal with the discards - he even tried to make a case that it was illegel under maritime law, which prevents the intentional dumping of anything at sea!



For many years, haddock shots of this size were never a feature of the fish market at Newlyn - such trips were the result of a relatively recent shift in fish movement, somthing the quota system - largely based on historical records - could never adequately respond to fairly it seems.

 Long-awaited proposals to reform the EU's Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) will be unveiled on Wednesday.  Measures to cut overfishing, reduce the number of vessels, and banning fish discards at sea are set to be out by Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki.  In 2009, the European Commission said the CFP had failed to sustainably manage fish stocks and had to change.


Environmental groups have long voiced concerns that CFP was allowing too many vessels catch depleted fish stocks.

Read the rest of the article on the BBC's Science and Environment pages here:

There's also a video article on the call to change EU fishing rules.