The Commission’s proposals will in fact mean an end to quota systems and detailed regulation, which have in practice encouraged fishermen to empty the seas and throw back unprofitable fish dead, and under which the development of fishing equipment was aimed mainly at taking more and more from the seas.
Les propositions de la Commission auront pour effet de mettre fin aux systèmes de quotas et à la réglementation détaillée qui, en pratique, ont encouragé les pêcheurs à vider les mers et à rejeter les poissons morts non rentables.