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Discarding fish under the Common Fisheries Policy: Towards an end to mandated waste Posted by EP Library ⋅ May 21, 2013 ⋅ Leave a Comment Filed Under briefings, Common Fisheries Policy, fisheries, fishery products Fishermen not only catch what they are interested in or authorised to fish. The unwanted part of their catches is discarded back at sea, often dead. This is seen by many as an unacceptable waste of resources. The importance of discards varies but in some fisheries, it can be very large. Discarding practices at sea are difficult to monitor. Reducing discards implies avoiding the catching of unwanted fish in the first place.