Europeisk fiskepolitik fåår hård dom

EU-organet Europeisk Policycenter rapporterar i en Statusrapport om hur misslyckad den europeiska fiskepolitiken varit och föreslår helt nya t ag utifrån en uthållig bevarandegrund och med större regionalt och lokalt inflyt ande över politiken och dess kontroll. Här är några inledande rader:
The future of the Common Fisheries Policy
Policy Dialogue - 16 June 2009
Summary
The Common Fisheries Policy needs “root and branch” reform to bring lasting changes to
Europe’s fishing sector, including devolving more decision-making to the local level,
involving the industry and other stakeholders, and providing fishermen with incentives to
follow the rules, speakers told an EPC Policy Dialogue organised with the support of the
Pew Environment Group. The European Commission’s Green Paper suggests reforms
designed to create an ecologically-sustainable marine environment that generates
healthy incomes and supplies nutritious, sustainably-harvested food.
Full Report
Joe Borg, European Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, said the - muchcriticised
- Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) needs “root and branch” reform to bring real
and lasting changes to Europe’s fishing sector.
The current situation is “less than perfect”:
· most fish stocks in EU waters are over-fished, upsetting the ecological balance;
· catches are so low that Europe imports two-thirds of its fish;
· prices are ‘sticky’ (do not respond to supply and demand);
· fishermen’s incomes are falling;
· too many vessels are pursuing too few fish.
These weaknesses have been further exposed by the global downturn, and must be
remedied to create a marine environment that generates a healthy income and supplies
nutritious, sustainably-harvested food.
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Citerat efter utsdkick från skärgårdsutrvecklaren Carl-Gustaf Hamilton av Per Gräslund