Report sheds light on EU support for overfishing

EurActiv reports on a Pew Environment Group report published in March 2010 which suggests that though EU subsidies to fishermen were supposed to help tackle overcapacity in the sector, the reality is that one third of the money nevertheless contributed to increasing the pressure on EU stocks that are already declining.

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Website: Pew Environment Group: European Marine Programme http://www.pewenvironment.eu/

Pew Environment Group: European Marine Group: FIFG 2000–2006 Shadow Evaluation, March 2010 http://www.pewenvironment.eu/FIFG-evaluation.pdf

Pew Environment Group: Press Release, 31.3.10: Overfishing Exacerbated by EU Fisheries Subsidies http://www.pewenvironment.eu/newsroom/release-31mar2010.html

European Commission: DG Fisheries: About the Common Fisheries Policy: Review of the Common Fisheries Policy http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/review_en.htm

Deutsche Welle, 31.3.10: EU subsidies encourage overfishing, report says http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5417921,00.html

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