The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has welcomed the move by the European Commission to use emergency powers to reduce and avoid excessive discarding of haddock in the West of Scotland.

“We also welcome the fact that this appears to be a long overdue recognition from the EC, made in a statement by Commissioner Damanaki, that the inherent cause of discarding is down to fundamentally flawed regulations, rather than from the legitimate activities of fishermen.”

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