Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Discards" produced 27 items.
| 1. EU subsidies have ‘failed to shrink fishing fleet' | December 8, 2011 |
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Damning report to be published by the European Court of Auditors. The European Fisheries Fund (EFF) has largely failed in its objective to reduce the overcapacity of the EU's... |
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| 2. Spain on the defensive in battle over fishing reforms | October 6, 2011 |
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Report accuses Spain of serious non-compliance, while Damanaki says allegations are being investigated. The first round of European Parliament discussions of the EU's... |
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| 3. Damanaki seeks to cast aside bad fisheries habits | July 20, 2011 |
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Assessing proposals from the European Commission to save Europe's fish stocks and weighs up their chances of becoming law.
Comment: An end to 40 years of... |
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| 4. Damanaki calls for support for fisheries reform plans | July 14, 2011 |
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The Commission presents its proposals for restraint that may save the fishing industry – and fish – from destructio Maria Damanaki, the European commissioner for... |
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| 5. Damanaki seeks to protect fish stocks | July 7, 2011 |
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Commission to unveil plans for fisheries reform; transferable fishing rights would be extended. Maria Damanaki, the European Commissioner for fisheries, will next week... |
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| 6. Damanaki seeks ‘guaranteed catch' plan for EU fishermen | April 28, 2011 |
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Commission to set out reform of fishing rules. Giving fishing crews guaranteed rights to catch fish will make the industry more responsible and profitable, the European... |
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| 7. Commissioner to call for fish discards ban | March 1, 2011 |
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Maria Damanaki sees tackling discards as an important aspect of reforming the common fisheries policy. Fishing crews should be banned from dumping unwanted fish at sea,... |
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| 8. A northern light for Europe's fisheries policy | June 24, 2010 |
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The debate about discards has become hopelessly entangled. We should consider an option championed by Norway. The practice of discarding fish has long been described as one... |
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| 9. Breakdown in EU-Norway fisheries negotiations | December 8, 2009 |
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Mackerel proves main sticking-point as the EU and Norway fail to agree fishing quotas for 2010. Talks between the EU and Norway over fishing quotas for 2010 broke down on... |
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| 10. It's time to throw out fish policy | November 26, 2009 |
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EU states should back a Dutch, German and UK proposal to end discards in the North Sea. In the article “Mackerel migration causes row” (12-18 November), you pointed out... | |
| 11. Mackerel migration causes row | November 12, 2009 |
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EU and Norway at odds over fishing quotas. The migration of mackerel in the North Sea is causing tension between the European Union and Norway over fishing rights. | |
| 12. Borg wants to end discarding of fish | May 26, 2009 |
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European commissioner says quota-related waste of healthy fish must end in 2010. The European fishing industry must end the “wasteful practice” of throwing away unwanted... | |
| 13. Danes call for an end to ‘discarding' | May 14, 2009 |
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Danish government wants an end to the practice of discarding healthy fish. Denmark will call on fellow EU member states to change the rules on fishing quotas in a bid to end... |
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| 14. Commission wants zero cod quotas for western Scotland | December 18, 2008 |
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The European Commission and national ministers haggle over fish quotas for 2009. Ministers will agree fish quotas for 2009 in the north-east Atlantic and North Sea tomorrow... |
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| 15. Counting all fish can make fishing sustainable | November 6, 2008 |
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If fishermen can document their catch, change their quota. Policymakers have failed to make fisheries sustainable. It is now time to leave it to fishermen and the market to... |
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| 16. Using technology to cut discards | October 30, 2008 |
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The Danish government has shown that video technology can be used to help reduce the practice of dumping low-value and excess fish. European fishermen are closely watched by... |
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| 17. Fish stunt makes waves | December 20, 2007 |
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The stunt by Greenpeace campaigners who bricked up the entrance to the Council of Ministers building on the eve of the Fisheries Council is still making waves. Graffiti on... | |
| 18. Norway vows to defend its northern rocks | December 20, 2007 |
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The success of the deal reached by EU fisheries ministers on Wednesday (19 December) depends on co-operation with other countries. Jarle Hetland talks to Norway's fisheries... | |
| 19. A washed-up fisheries policy | December 6, 2007 |
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Next year the European Commission will publish proposals on how the European Union will share the burden of cutting carbon dioxide emissions, a policy that asks countries to... | |
| 20. Borg targets dumping of EU's surplus fish | March 22, 2007 |
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The European Commission will next Wednesday (28 March) propose an end to fishing practices that see several million tonnes of sea-life dumped back into the water every year.... | |
