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11,000 dead or dying marine animals in just one bycatch (Photo: EU commission)

Anger at wasteful common fisheries policy

A Belgian fishing boat on Wednesday (11 August) presented a pile of discarded fish to environment organisation Greenpeace to demonstrate the "wasteful" common fisheries policy.

After each fishing expedition, thousands of dead or dying fish are thrown back into the water because they exceed allotted quotas, are too small, or from the wrong species.

The Belgian fisherman wanted to "express his disgust at being forced to waste fish and other marine life by the Common Fisheries Policy...

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11,000 dead or dying marine animals in just one bycatch (Photo: EU commission)

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