Masterstroke or paper tiger – The reform of the EU׳s Common Fisheries Policy

Markus Salomon, Till Markus and Miriam Dross

Marine Policy, 2014, vol. 47, issue C, 76-84

Abstract: The European fisheries policy has undergone a substantial reform. The reform process was initiated by a Green Paper published by the European Commission in 2009. It was recently finalised with an agreement on a new Basic Regulation between the European Commission, the Council and the Parliament in October 2013. The reform of the Common Fisheries Policy will be an important step towards a more sustainable fisheries policy in Europe. The most important reform steps are the introduction of maximum sustainable yield as the new management target, a landing obligation for bycatch and a governance shift towards regions. Although the mentioned reform elements are in generally very promising, their concrete design does not always meet existing expectations.

Keywords: Common Fisheries Policy; Fisheries management; Adjustment of fishing capacity; Discard ban; Maximum sustainable yield; Regionalisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.02.001

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