AMSTERDAM (AP) — December 10, 2013 — The European Parliament has approved a fishing reform intended to ensure that overfished seas can repopulate.
The policy, which goes into effect in 2014, requires European countries to set quotas and fishermen to respect a ‘‘maximum sustainable yield.’’ That means catching no more of a particular species than it can reproduce.
The policy also bans the practice of catching and discarding unwanted fish along with commercial species, starting in 2019.
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