Fishery: Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. Briefing on ecosystem-based management and MSY

Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2012


The Common Fisheries Policy, Europe's fisheries policy management tool since 1983, is up for review for the first time in 10 years. This year, for the first time, the European Parliament under the codecision procedure has a crucial role to play in reforming the policy.This briefing provides more specific information about one of the key issues of this CFP reform, the ecosystem-based management and Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY).

Number of pages: 6

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fisheryThe stock of predatory fish is crucial for the state of the Baltic Sea. Therefore, the Foundation worked to ensure that the environmental effects of fishing should be a central part of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy. The Foundation also worked on projects to increase the proportion of predatory fish, such as cod, pike and perch. Read more

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