The EU Commission has proposed major changes to the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), designed to cut waste and stop overfishing in European waters.
Under the plan, the existing system of fishing quotas – which often leads to tonnes of perfectly good fish being dumped at sea – will be reformed.
What is wrong with the existing system?
The European Commission says the current policy is wasteful – 75% of stocks are still overfished and catches are only a fraction of what they were 15-20 years ago. Catches of cod for example have declined by 70% in the last 10 years.
Read the complete Q&A from The BBC.