DISCARDLESS
Strategies for phasing out discards in European fisheries
Context
The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) has introduced a generalized landing obligation on the first of January 2019. With a view to sustainable resource m
Objective
Providing knowledge, tools and technologies, as well as involving professionals, to gradually succeed in eliminating discards at sea.
About the <strong>project </strong>
Project activities focus on strategies for a gradual elimination of discards in European fisheries.
These aspects are integrated into Discard Reduction Strategies offering cost-effective solutions at all stages of the seafood supply chain. The first objective is to eliminate unwanted catches (research on modification to fishing gear and fishing strategies), the second is to make the best possible use of unavoidable unwanted catches (research on controls, traceability, and product valorization).
The project partners
