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EU Legislation, Initiatives, etc.
ScotGov: Immediate action is needed from Europe to eradicate the 'unacceptable practice' of dumping dead fish back into the sea and potentially save Scotland's fishermen £180m. According to figures, during 2007, whitefish worth £60m was discarded in the North Sea.
Since then Scotland has developed selective gear & closure schemes to reduce catching fish without quota that is then discarded. These measures are reducing wastage, but Scottish Ministers believe the European Commission must change their rules now to prevent even more dead fish from being discarded, whilst waiting for the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) to be reformed in 2013.
Press release ~ Common Fisheries Policy - Have your say on its future ~ Decision-Making in the Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy
WAG: Rural Affairs Minister, Elin Jones has said that work to implement new scallop dredging regulations is progressing well and that the measures required for the proposed new Scallop Order have now been laid with the European Commission.
This follows the Minister’s statement of 8 October in which she announced that the scallop dredging closed season would continue until the 28 February 2010. The extended closure has been implemented to protect the fishery in the short term pending new measures being introduced to manage scallop dredging. The proposed measures should allow for a new Scallop Order to come into force from 1 March 2010.
