Common Fisheries policy

Question 1

policy set up in

Answer 1

1983

Question 2

location

Answer 2

EU and north sea

Question 3

aims of policy

Answer 3

• create a sustainable fishing industry by:
  1. conservation of fish stocks and preventing over fishing
  2. maintenance of an economically viable fishing industry

Question 4

how have they attempted to achieve aims?

Answer 4

• quotas of allowable catches based on fish stocks shared out among EU states
• limits on fishing effort (e.g. number of days at sea)
• fishing fleet reduction
• banned fishing in breeding zones

Question 5

limited success of policy

Answer 5

• overfishing continues and most fish stocks suffer long term decline e.g. cod is below safe biological limits
• EU recommendations are ignored; advised a 0 catch of cod in 2003-2007 and ended up at 27000 tonnes
• illegal catches dumped DISCARD
• improvements in equipment e.g. GPS made fishing more effective

Question 6

long term issues

Answer 6

• directly employs thousands of workers
• supports indirectly range of onshore economic activities e..g boat building
• most fish stocks dwindling with only 13 species being sustainably fished

Question 7

changes to policy in what year?

Answer 7

2002

Question 8

changes in policy included:

Answer 8

-growing awareness to maintain integrity of ecosystem

Question 9

future

Answer 9

-policy remains at odds with TACs and quota systems