Catch quotas that allow fishermen to land a limited amount of fish have been a key part of the Common Fisheries Policy for a quarter of a century.
However the policy has led to fishermen throwing away millions of tonnes of dead fish to avoid breaching the quota for that species, rather than making use of the whole catch.
Now Joe Borg, the EU Fisheries Commissioner, has called for an end to "discards".
Instead he told MEPs that fishermen should be limited by "effort". For example limiting the number of days vessels can spend at sea or where boats can fish.
Read the complete story at Telegraph.co.uk
See also: BBC: Scottish Fishermen’s Federation welcomes EU suggestion to scrap quotas,
and: EU hints at scrapping catch limits,
and: EU Fisheries Commissioner proposes scrapping quotas in favor of days at sea,