"The long-running annual circus of quota setting, and the inability of member states to find the political will to agree decisive action to save the overfished cod stocks has pushed North Sea cod, and the fishing communities that depend on it, to the edge of ruin," said Vesper.
"Let this be a warning to those countries that oppose reform of the Common Fisheries Policy," she added. "Politicians should get out of setting annual quotas. Fishermen need long-term planning based on multi-annual managment plans, such as those proposed by the European Commisison, with recovery plans for all threatened fish stocks. Fishermen and other stakeholders also deserve a greater say in the management of fisheries."
It is now up to the Fisheries Ministers to agree radical reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.
WWF Poster and Jurgen Freund's seahorse photo courtesy of WWF.
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"Let this be a warning to those countries that oppose reform of the Common Fisheries Policy," she added. "Politicians should get out of setting annual quotas. Fishermen need long-term planning based on multi-annual managment plans, such as those proposed by the European Commisison, with recovery plans for all threatened fish stocks. Fishermen and other stakeholders also deserve a greater say in the management of fisheries."
It is now up to the Fisheries Ministers to agree radical reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.
WWF Poster and Jurgen Freund's seahorse photo courtesy of WWF.
For more information, please contact
http://www.wwf.org
and
http://www.greenpeace.org