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EU Common Fisheries Policy

The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is the European Union's instrument for the management of fisheries and aquaculture.

In 1970 the EU decided to grant equal access for EU fishermen to Member States' waters. In order to protect smaller-scale fishing, a 12-mile coastal zone was established for local fishermen. In 1976, Member States extended their Exclusive Economic Zones to 200 miles in line with international developments. Henceforth, Member States decided that the EU was best placed to manage fisheries in the waters under their jurisdiction and to defend their interests in international negotiations. After years of difficult negotiations the CFP was introduced in 1983.

The CFP was reformed in 2002 to ensure a more long-term approach was adopted to fisheries management, involving the establishment of recovery plans for stocks outside safe biological limits and management plans for other stocks. It aimed to implement an eco-system-based approach to fisheries management. However, the CFP has come in for much criticism from fishermen, who frequently claim they do not have fair access to fisheries, and from NGOs, who claim the management measures under the CFP are too lenient or not enforced adequately. Governments are often reluctant to adopt or fully implement measures to reduce over-fishing, due to short-term political considerations. In 2008, the European Commission launched a review of the CFP, with the intention of analysing successes and addressing problems.

Click here for the CFP pages on the European Commission website. Click here for the page dedicated to the CFP reform process.

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Espana: The Destructive Practices of Spain's Fishing Armada
03/05/2010
Spain is Europes largest fishing nation, whose fleet represents nearly one-fourth of the European Unions total fishing capacity and receives the most ...
Author: Greenpeace

Oceana Submission to the Consultation on the Green Paper on the Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy
18/12/2009
This paper was submitted for the consultation on the reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy from 2012. Key to Oceana's views is that environmen ...
Author: Oceana

Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 Establishing a Community Control System for Ensuring Compliance with the Rules of the Common Fisheries Policy
29/11/2009
This Regulation, which came into force on 1 January 2010, reforms the system of control and enforcement in the Common Fisheries Policy, seen as the we ...
Author: European Commission

Supporting the TAC/Quota System: Brief Analysis of the Failings in the Establishment, Application and Control of the TAC System
14/10/2009
The European Commission will propose 2010 TACs and quotas this Friday (16 October 2009), but Oceana believes the system must be strengthened to be a u ...
Author: Oceana

FFA Fisheries Trade News, May 2009
01/05/2009
This issue includes articles on the external dimensions of the EU's proposed Common Fisheries Policy reform and on the opportunities, challenges ...
Author: FFA

Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy - Green Paper
21/04/2009
The Commission has launched a wide-ranging debate on the way that EU fisheries are managed. This document is the EC's Green Paper on reform of th ...
Author: European Commission

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CFP-reformwatch.eu
The CFP-reformwatch.eu website is an initiative of Swedish MEP Isabella Lvin, member of the Green group in the European Parliament. Mrs Lvin is also a full member of the Fisheries Committee, a substitute member of the Development Committee, and vice-chair of the Intergroup Seas and Coastal areas.

The aim of this site is to provide easy access to information on the ongoing reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), in order to facilitate news reporting as well as stakeholder involvement.

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EU Community Fisheries Control Agency
The Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) is a European Union body established in 2005 to organise operational coordination of fisheries control and inspection activities by the Member States and to assist them to cooperate so as to comply with the rules of the Common EU Fisheries Policy in order to ensure its effective and uniform application. CFCA has its official seat in Vigo, Spain.

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