Success of discard ban will depend on Member States - WWF
The announcement by the European Commission to test a discards ban and tackle the problem of wasteful fisheries is a positive initiative that must be supported by EU countries, together with a wider set of measures to end the practice of taking fish and dumping it dead overboard, says WWF.
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