All fish caught must be landed, EU rules

Fishermen will have to land almost all they catch whether it is part of their quota or undersized, as part of phase two of the new EU fish policy that comes into effect from January.

Irish fishermen say it is a recipe for disaster and the first phase, introduced last January for certain types of fish, is producing chaos.

The previous policy saw an estimated one of every dozen fish caught thrown back into the sea because they were forbidden to be caught in a particular area of the sea at a certain time.