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Discards

Discards are the portion of a catch of fish which is not retained on board during commercial fishing operations and is returned, often dead or dying, to the sea. The practice of discarding is driven by economic and political factors; fish which are discarded are often unmarketable species, individuals which are below minimum landing sizes and catches of…

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Discards

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Triples51
Avg. degree1.95
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related to European Union · 18
Discards → All, Article, Common Fisheries Policy, Discard, EU, European Union, However, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Hugh's Fish Fight, Iceland, Landing Obligation, Norway, The, The Landing Obligation, This, TV, Until, Years
has impact · 13
Discards → Bering Sea, Crustaceans, Discarding, English Channel, Exploration, For, International Council, Norway, Pacific, Pagurus, Sea, Survival, The
related to References · 12
Discards → An, Common Fisheries Policy, Discarding, European Parliament, FAO, ISBN, Jean, Kelleher, Kieran, Library, PDF, Towards
related to Canada · 4
Discards → Atlantic, Authorised, Canada, In
related to Discard policies · 1
Discards → The

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fish discarding species quota sea catch fishing landing discarded fisheries system survival landed factors economic rates ban minimum fishers land

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the Pacific halibut caught in longline fisheries in the Bering Seainstance ofspecies0.80text
or lesser-spotted dogfish in beam trawls in the English Channel have survival rates of between 88instance ofspecies0.80text
98 per centinstance ofspecies0.80text
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Discardshas impactEnglish Channel0.60section
Discardshas impactSurvival0.60section
Discardshas impactInternational Council0.60section
Discardshas impactExploration0.60section

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