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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