[PDF] Proposals For The Reform Of The Common Fisheries Policy eBook

Author : Jill Wakefield
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 33,59 MB
Release : 2016-06-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 1785367668

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This book takes a critical view of the policy and law governing EU marine fisheries and the effect of the 2013 reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Reforms to the CFP are impeded by Treaty-guaranteed concessions, exemptions from general environmental legislation and the Court of Justice’s creation of principles unique to the sector. The author discusses how damaging effects of fishing could be ameliorated if the Court were to align fisheries principles with general principles of law, and considers the institutional and regulatory frameworks needed to encourage prudent resource use.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 34,87 MB
Release : 2012-02-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780215041944

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In this report the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee concludes that radical reform is needed to ensure that the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) delivers for the fish, the fishermen, and the coastal communities that depend on them. The widespread desire to deliver a more local approach to fisheries management is hampered by the EU's exclusive competence over the conservation of marine resources under the CFP as only the EU can make rules regarding fisheries conservation. The Commission has baulked at repatriation of fishing policy through a full-scale Treaty change but the Committee highlights an alternative: this can be done by amending the CFP regulation itself. This approach would give Member States genuine freedom and responsibility and would set clear boundaries to the Commission' role. The Commission also wants to implement a discard ban on many commercial species starting in 2014, but the MPs question whether the proposal will prove effective. Instead, the Committee argues for a more gradual approach built on a sound science base and the local experience of fishermen to find workable solutions to the discard problem that has blighted European fisheries. The Committee also urges Defra not to abandon its commitment to domestic fisheries reform that delivers a fairer deal to small-scale fishermen. The Committee proposes a novel mechanism to reallocate unused fishing rights from 'slipper skippers' to active fishermen (a topic that was covered in an earlier report on the CFP and domestic fisheries management, sixth report of session 2010-12, HC 858, ISBN 9780215559944).

Author : Food and Rural Environment Staff
Publisher :
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 43,16 MB
Release : 2002
Category :
ISBN : 9780215006547

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The Committee's report concludes that fishing stocks and the fishing industry are in crisis and significant reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is long overdue. It welcomes the reform proposals made by the European Commission which offer the potential to make the CFP an instrument for the conservation of the marine environment and promotion of a healthy fishing industry. However, closer attention needs to be paid to the problems of industrial fishing, discarding and enforcement. Reform of the CFP will have some short and medium term costs, and the Committee supports efforts to mitigate the impact through careful choice of methods and timing of new measures, as well as the appropriate use of public aid.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 31,93 MB
Release : 2012-02-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780215041951

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Additional written evidence is contained in Volume 3, available on the Committee website at www.parliament.uk/efracom

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. European Union Committee
Publisher :
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 36,11 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Fishery policy
ISBN : 9780104002278

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The Committee's report finds that the promising reform proposals for the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), recommended by the European Commission in May 2002, were seriously compromised by decisions taken by the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in December 2002, as a result of special pleading by EU Member States. Despite some positive aspects, the Committee has no confidence that the CFP regulation agreed upon will deliver sustainable fisheries management nor will it prevent the irreversible decline in key fish stocks, particularly cod and hake, unless it is substantially improved. The setting of total allowable catches (TAC) levels and EU funding for construction of new fishing vessels are also criticised. The report argues that transitional financial aid, linked to stock recovery plans, is needed to promote diversification of coastal economies and the development of alternative employment opportunities.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Publisher :
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 22,67 MB
Release : 2012-07-03
Category : Fishery policy
ISBN : 9780215046116

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Government response to HC 1563-I, session 2010-12 (SBN 9780215041944)