Discard has been basically banned since 2015, following the CPF Reform passed back in 2013.
Discards only became an issue from the end of 1992 when the CFP introduced new regulations, so appalling as it still is, its 22 years of dead fish being chucked back, not 40.
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Not any more they don’t, discard has been pretty much banned in EU waters.
Here’s an example, relating to the North Sea Fishery. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R0045&from=EN