Fishing quotas in Europe: Who gets the right to fish?

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Series Details 02.05.17
Publication Date 02/05/2017
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Under the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy, each Member State decides how to allocate its national fishing quota to its fishing fleet. Griffin Carpenter and Richard Kleinjans explain that many issues in fisheries policy are the result of these decisions around access and distribution, and there are ripe opportunities for reform.
Source Link Link to Main Source http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/05/02/fishing-quotas-in-europe-who-gets-the-right-to-fish/
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ESO: Background information: Progress on overfishing is at risk as EU quotas continue to be set above scientific advice (LSE EuroppBlog, 17.02.16) http://www.europeansources.info/record/progress-on-overfishing-is-at-risk-as-eu-quotas-continue-to-be-set-above-scientific-advice/
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