0 fish or other sea creatures that are caught unintentionally by people who are trying to catch other types of fish: --
This will not have adverse impacts on cod stocks, as there is very little low bycatch of cod at present.
Sustainable catching methods with minimal bycatch and sound monitoring are essential.
Precise information on the level of non-target fish bycatches in our drift-net fisheries is not readily available.
My final point is about the growing problem of bycatches from fishing, which include porpoises, dolphins, birds, sharks and turtles.
I agree that he has a distinguished record in pushing for the reduction in the bycatch and for giving credit where it is due.
There are national arrangements for monitoring any bycatches involving fishermen reporting incidents on a voluntary basis.
I am determined to make progress to reduce cetacean bycatch.
The bycatch of human consumption species in industrial fisheries is considerably smaller than the discards of juvenile fish from the white fish fisheries.
