Solutions
SOLUTIONS?
So what can be done about discarding?
Re-writing the Common Fisheries Policy is going to be an enormously complicated business, and unfortunately there is no one easy solution to ending discards. Most people agree that the answer will lie in a combination of different ideas and policies.
Experts have offered a number of potential answers. Hugh’s fish fight is not trying to dictate the exact solutions politicians should choose – simply to ensure that whatever their choice for 2012, the prevention of discarding should be a top priority.
If you are interested in finding out about the ways discarding can be stopped, here are the ideas of environmental Non Government Organisations (NGOs) who are supporting us:
For even more suggestions, you could consult the European Commission’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) website.
Read what Richard Lochhead, the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, said about expanding the Scottish Catch Quota Scheme earlier this year.
