Report sheds light on EU support for overfishing

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Series Details 31.3.10
Publication Date 31/03/2010
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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.
Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.euractiv.com/en/sustainability/ngo-report-sheds-light-eu-support-overfishing-news-395945
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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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