The new product has culinary uses, showed by the chef Alfonso Diaz a few days ago in the Gourmet Hall of Madrid. More information (in Spanish): La Voz de Galicia
Representatives of the Ministry of the Sea presented to the European Commission and the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR) the problems they are detecting in the implementation of the zero discard policy. According to Galician Ministry, the origin of the problem would be in a mechanism of distribution of fishing quota deficient […]
A study by the Spanish Oceanography Institute -IEO finds that the Cantabrian fleet returned to the sea an average of 40% of fish More information here (in Spanish)
Discarding – returning unwanted catches to the sea – is seen as wasteful, but banning the practice would remove an important food source for many marine organisms. Researchers recommend gradual reduction of discards in order to maintain ecosystem stability. Source: Science for Environment Policy http://bit.ly/1VR2gah
Negotiations on setting fishing quotas for 2016 concluded in Brussels. More information here
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The results of the EU-funded SECUREFISH project, which has trialled new methods to incorporate fish discards into nutritious and health-promoting products, were discussed at an agrifood parallel session of the EU’s Bioeconomy Investment Summit, held November 9 and 10 2015 in Brussels. See more information here
Unanimity in Celeiro about the uncertainties in implementing the regulation See more information here (in Spanish)
The AZTI Technological Centre creates new products to take advantage of discards after arriving at the port. See more information here
“Less than two months after entry into force the obligation to land hake and Norway lobster, neither the fleet nor Brussels have entirely clear how to tackle it” More information here (in Spanish)
