Common use of Discards Clause in Contracts

Discards. The discarding of marketable species of finfish, crustaceans and cephalopods is prohibited, except with the explicit authorisation of the Guinean fisheries authorities and where by-catches of these species reach the following levels: (a) for finfish vessels, crustaceans and cephalopods each representing more than 13,5 % of total catches in the Republic of Guinea's fishing zone; (b) for cephalopod vessels, crustaceans representing 13,5 % and finfish representing 52,5 % of total catches in the Republic of Guinea's fishing zone; (c) for shrimp vessels, finfish representing 22,5 % and cephalopods representing 15 % of total catches in the Republic of Guinea's fishing zone.