Comment/Editorial: Don’t miss the point: The Reform of the European Union’s common fisheries policy must be radical but nuanced and seen not as a problem of the number of boats, but one of approach

ICSF, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (2009) Comment/Editorial: Don’t miss the point: The Reform of the European Union’s common fisheries policy must be radical but nuanced and seen not as a problem of the number of boats, but one of approach. Samudra Report (53). p. 3. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

Rightly perhaps, the proposed fisheries policy reform of the European Union (EU) takes ecological sustainability as a basic premise for the economic and social future of European fisheries. The European Commission’s Green Paper on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) sees the problem as one of overfished stocks combined with fishing fleets that are too large for the available resources (see “Blue Europe Turns Green”, page 23). “This combination means that too many vessels chase too few fish”, it states. This is not the first time such a conclusion has been reached. The 2002 review and reform process concluded much the same.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0701
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, European Union (EU), Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), Fishereis Vessels, Fishing Fleet, Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (RFMO), Fisheries Partnership Agreements (FPA), Comment/Editorial
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	22 Sep 2021 09:02
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2022 10:42
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1431

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