Discarded fish in European waters: general patterns and contrasts

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Uhlmann, Sebastian S., Van Helmond, Aloysius T. M., Stefansdottir, Elisabet Kemp, Siguroardottir, Sigriour, Haralabous, John, Maria Bellido, Jose, Carbonell, A., Catchpole, Tom, Damalas, Dimitrios, Fauconnet, Laurence, Feekings, Jordan, Garcia, Teresa, Madsen, Niels, Mallold, Sandra, Margeirsson, Sveinn, Palialexis, Andreas, Readdy, Lisa, Valeiras, Julio, Vassilopoulou, Vassiliki, Rochet, Marie-joelle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Univ Press 2014
• Subjects: bycatch; Common Fisheries Policy reform; Data Collection Framework; discard reduction; Europe; monitoring; Hake; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00198/30932/29347.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fst030; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00198/30932/

To reduce the practice of discarding commercially fished organisms, several measures such as a discard ban and extra allowances on top of landings quotas (“catch quota”) have been proposed by the European Commission. However, for their development and successful implementation, an understanding of d...