Discarded fish in European waters: general patterns and contrasts

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Uhlmann, S.S., Van-Helmond, A.T.M., Stefánsdóttir, Elísabet Kemp, Sigurðardóttir, Sigríðour, Haralabous, John, Bellido-Millán, José María, Carbonell, Ana, Catchpole, T.L., Damalas, Dimitrios, Fauconnet, Laurence, Feekings, Jordan, García-Jiménez, María Teresa, Madsen, Niels, Mallol, Sandra, Margeirsson, Sveinn, Palialexis, Andreas, Readdy, L., Valeiras, Julio, Vassilopoulou, Vassiliki, Rochet, Marie-Joëlle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Pesquerías; Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo; Hake; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/8616; http://hdl.handle.net/10261/328693; https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fst030

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...