1 Amendments of Nils TORVALDS related to 2012/0236(COD)
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Given the high levels of cod discards that have been observed during the period of implementation of the plan, it is necessary that Member States take appropriate action to minimise and, where possible, eliminate discards, inter alia by allocating their fishing opportunities amongst vessels in such a way as to match quotas to expected catches to the greatest degree possible.