Reforming the Common Fisheries Policy

European Commission Directorate-General For Maritime Affairs And Fisheries

Description

Fisheries policy
Target audience: General public

Sujets

• Common Fisheries Policy
• Reform movement
• Droit et juridique

Informations

• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-MARITIME-AFFAIRS-AND-FISHERIES
• Nombre de lectures: 14
• Langue: English

Extrait

European Commission

Reforming

the

Common

Fisheries

Policy

REFORMING

THE COMMON

FISHERIES POLICY

The European Commission’s Green Paper draws up

a mixed assessment of the Common Fisheries Policy

and suggests ways to reap the benefits of its

achievements and make up for its shortcomings.

THE GOALS

The European Commission wishes to see a renewed

prosperity for the fisheries sector by returning to

the exploitation of healthy and abundant stocks.

The European Commission wants the European

producers to play a major role in the supply of

the European seafood market and, lastly, a balance

between fleet capacity and available resources.

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S PRIORITIES

Putting an end to

fleet overcapacity

by

developing mechanisms capable of adapting

fleet quantity to available resources.

Refocusing the

CFP’s main objective

on maintaining healthy, sustainable and

exploitable stocks.

Adapting the orientation of

fisheries governance

from today’s centralised control by the Council

of Fisheries Ministers, which adopts all decisions,

towards regionalised (but not nationalised)

implementation of the principles laid down

at Community level.

Involving the sector further in resource

management and implementation

of the CFP,

for example by moving towards results-based

management.

Developing a

culture of compliance with rules

by obliging the sector and the Member States

to apply CFP measures more effectively.

Developing a

simpler, less costly policy

with

greater proximity in decision-making.

CARRYING ON THE EFFORT

Over and above these in-depth changes, the Commission

also wishes to improve existing fisheries management

in several fields of activity. Among other issues, these

include the protection of small-scale coastal fishing,

development of the principle of maximum sustainable

yield, review of the relative stability principle, and

establishment of a better correlation between the

market and the catch sector.

European Commission

Directorate-General for Maritime

Affairs and Fisheries

B – 1049 Brussels (Belgium)