Press Release: Fishing capacity: EU Member States comply with obligations to downsize their fleet – but more can be done

On 29 April 2014, the European Commission's annual report on the European fishing fleet showed some progress towards achieving a balance between capacity and available fishing opportunities.

However more remains to be done to ensure that stocks are managed in accordance with the objective of Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) and the Commission considers that there is still a need for active fleet capacity adjustment measures by Member States in order to achieve this.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Overfishing and employment in fisheries http://www.europeansources.info/record/overfishing-and-employment-in-fisheries/

ESO: Background information: Reform in Europe is possible! – The Lesson of EU fisheries http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-reform-in-europe-is-possible-the-lesson-of-eu-fisheries/

European Commission: Fisheries: CFP: Fishing rules: Fishing effort http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/fishing_rules/fishing_effort/index_en.htm

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