Fishing around for better future

FUTURE European fishing regulations will be guided by the principle of sustainability, a yardstick by which the EU is currently lagging behind the US, Australia, New Zealand, and others.

EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fishing, Maria Damanaki, believes that greater sustainability will emerge once EU-wide backing is gained for a new Common Fisheries Policy within the next six months, during Ireland’s presidency of the EU.

Employment in the European fisheries sector has potential to grow by 35,000 jobs (+30%), built on a longer term view of harnessing the full added value of sea stocks, with the latest marine technologies to assess fish stocks on a species by species basis.