Summary Description
- Limits overfishing.
- TopicThe topic of the legislation or policy covered by the text
- Wild-caught fishing
- SpeciesThe animal, or type of food production, covered by the text
- Fish
- JurisdictionCountry or geographical area where the text applies
- EU
- Sub-jurisdictionCountry or state where the text applies
- N/A
- Type of ActWhether the act is a law, regulation, or policy, or another type of text
- Legislation
- StatusIndicates whether the act is in force or not
- In force
- Legal ValueWhether the text is binding or not
- Binding
- Date enactedDate the text was adopted
- 2013
- Date updatedDate when the entry was last updated by the CALF team
- June, 2023
- Official citation
- Article 15, Regulation 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22�61 (EU)
Strengths & Weaknesses
- Strengths
- All catches of species regulated through catch limits or minimum size should be landed and counted against the fishers� quotas.
- Undersized fish caught and landed should not be used (sold) for direct human consumption, but for products such as pet food, fish meal, pharmaceuticals, and food supplements.
- Producer organizations have a duty to help their members find adequate outlets for undersized catches, without promoting the creation of a market for them.
- EU countries also have the obligation to assist fishers by facilitating the storage of undersize fish and finding possible outlets.
- Weaknesses
- Exemptions include fisheries in which more than one species is present and where different species are likely to be caught in the same fishing operation ('mixed fisheries').
- Administrative rules provide some flexibility as regards the landing obligation, for example where unwanted catches are difficult to avoid, lead to disproportionate costs, or have a high survivability rate.
- Aside from high survivability and de minimis exemptions, predator damaged and prohibited species are also exempted from the landing obligation.