Ministers hoping for radical EU fisheries overhaul

Fisheries ministers were working their way towards a radical change in the EU’s fisheries policy last night with a ban on discards in sight.

For years, up to half of fish caught were dumped back into the sea because they were too small or of a species they were not allowed to catch.

Fisheries Minister Simon Coveney, who chaired the meeting, said during a break in negotiations that every country wanted the ban on discards but in such a way that it worked.