Discarded: Hidden Overfishing in the EU

Every day in EU waters, fish are caught and illegally thrown back dead. Almost no one is watching. In European waters, a hidden form of overfishing is taking place on an industrial scale. It's called highgrading: fishing vessels catch more than they're allowed and discard the excess overboard to make room for more profitable catch. It's illegal under both EU and UK law. But without cameras on board, it's almost impossible to prove. Our film exposes how this wasteful and destructive practice is undermining ocean ecosystems, undercutting honest fishers, and going largely unpunished. The solution, we argue, is transparency, through mandatory Remote Electronic Monitoring, including CCTV, on all high-risk pelagic vessels across EU and UK waters. CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:16 Discarding 01:18 Transparency 02:35 Legislation Subscribe to the Environmental Justice Foundation for more documentaries on ocean protection, the realities of global heating, and the urgent environmental justice issues shaping our world today:    / @environmentaljusticefoundation   WATCH MORE    • Oceans      • Climate      • Award-Winning   ABOUT EJF The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) is an international NGO working to defend our shared natural environment and human rights: https://ejfoundation.org/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ejfoundation... Facebook:   / ejfoundation   Instagram:   / ejfoundation   #fish #IUUfishing #transparency