With respect to new landings and discard rules, the bill amends the Fisheries Act and associated regulations to clarify that all quota management fish caught by commercial fishers must be landed and accounted for within the fisheries management system unless they fall within an exception that has been issued by the Minister. The bill proposes to establish three criteria for the Minister to consider when issuing exceptions for returning catch to the sea. These are, firstly, whether the stock or species has an acceptable likelihood of survival; secondly, whether retention will have a negative economic value—by that they mean whether it's going to spoil other catch in the hold; for example, ammoniating catch species if, in the hold, it will ruin the other fish—and also to consider whether in some cases mandatory returns are needed for biological, fishing management, or ecosystem purposes. 