In late March the European Parliament released a new study report “Characteristic of multispecific fisheries in the European Union”.
The aim of the study conducted is to provide a comprehensive qualitative analysis of the EU implementation of the discard ban and the adoption of MSY to multispecific and mixed fisheries.
In short the main objectives of the study report were to:
1. provide description of four case studies considered as the most representative multispecies and mixed fisheries in EU waters
2. analyse recent improvements on selectivity and identification of species with high survival rate.
3. discuss the application of the MSY approach in multispecies fisheries and ecosystem approach. Reviewing European stock status in relation to MSY targets, and
4. to provide a road map for a feasible landing obligation and MSY approach in EU mixed fisheries. Qualitative assessments are presented for four selected case studies
Please see link below for the full report.