The EU is proposing a ban on fish discards, but a group of MPs says this is a 'knee-jerk reaction'.
A report published today by the House of Commons's Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee concludes that the European Commission's proposal for an out-right ban beginning in 2014 of "commercial" fish discards – the controversial practice of fishermen being forced to throw overboard any fish not permitted within their quota allowance – is a "knee-jerk reaction" to the problem.
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