Collection
Landing obligation (discard ban)
Guidance on the landing obligation (discard ban), how the rules apply, selling undersize fish, reporting requirements and quota management.
The landing obligation (discard ban), as with all other European Union fisheries legislation, continues to apply to UK vessels and waters.
2025 guidance for fisherman – Current rules that remain in effect
2022 guidance for fisherman – Rules have been superseded
2021 guidance for fishermen - Rules have been superseded
2020 guidance for fishermen - Rules have been superseded
2019 guidance for fishermen - Rules have been superseded
2018 guidance for fishermen - Rules have been superseded
2016 guidance for fishermen - Rules have been superseded
Rules on handling undersize fish
Policy statements
Updates to this page
Published 19 October 2015
Last updated 30 January 2025
show all updates
-
2025 update
-
Update 2022
-
2020 Guidance added
-
England’s Demersal Reserve Quota allocation for 2019 added to collection
-
2019 guidance documentation added
-
2018 information added
-
Links updated
-
First published.