date:Jun 15, 2012
ution, but we have been given a positive direction of travel from the EU,said Mitchell.
We now encourage national governments and fishery managers to press ahead and seek pragmatic solutions to eliminate discarding as a matter of urgency.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs welcomed the agreement asa major step towards radical reform of the broken Common Fisheries Policy.
Richard Benyon, minister for the natural environment and fisheries, said:After years of pressing to eli