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Published Date: 23 April 2009
By Geoff Meade
THE European Commission yesterday warned that only a new fisheries management system would get the struggling industry back on its feet.
The commission is launching a "consultation" on the future of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), and says it will be seeking the views of fishermen and their leaders.

The commission said it wanted input about what to do next, not just from the fishing sector, but also from scientists and other "interested parties".

They will have until 31 December this year to submit ideas for an overhaul of CFP to be implemented by the end of 2012.

UK fisheries minister Huw Irranca-Davies said the case for radical CFP reform was undeniable, adding: "I want the UK to play a leading role in making it happen."

Scottish rural affairs secretary Richard Lochhead said: "This wide-ranging paper identifies some of the problems that we have been highlighting for years, such as the devastating impact of micro-management on our vital fisheries industry."

The Scottish Government launched an inquiry into fisheries management this year.



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  • Last Updated: 22 April 2009 9:53 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Sea fishing industry
 
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Sierra Foothills Scot,

Diamond Springs 23/04/2009 01:45:57
THE European Commission yesterday warned that only a new fisheries management system would get the struggling industry back on its feet." NOW they discover this, after many years of causing the problems themselves.

Other "interested parties" will be consulted. These will be the governments of France, Spain, and other EU countries who want unlimited access to Scottish waters.
2

Sean K,

Elgin 23/04/2009 08:24:55
How many 'consultations' do these horse-blinkered EC bureaucrats need ? They paid scant attention to the others. As Richard Lochhead rightly points out, the SNP and Scots fishermen have drawing attention to real problems for years. The attempt to micro-manage our fisheries from the Commission desks in Brussels has led to a series of illogical and harmful measures that have been the real causes of stock depletion - including the enforced dumping of over ten million tons of fish during the past decades.

What really needs radical reform is the EU common fisheries policy itself which by general admission has been an abject failure for over 30 years. The sooner it is scrapped the better, and each country can manage its own fish resources and fishing fleets in a sane and sustainable way. The Faeroe Isles have being doing that now for over ten years since they began to reject EU / ICES 'advice' and their fishery has been in a healthy state ever since.
3

Dr. James Wilkie,

Vienna 24/04/2009 00:22:27
The EC Common 'Fisheries Policy is a classic example of applied lunacy. There is no use tinkering with it - it is impossible to reform it. The only answer is to scrap it in its entirety and start afresh. A partnership between Scotland, the Faeroes, Iceland, Norway and Russia could make an excellent job of administering the north-east Atlantic fisheries that have been so devastated by the EU.

Let me once again warn that, if the Lisbon Treaty goes into effect, it will be the end of national control or any real influence over Scotland's fisheries, which will be effectively handed over to the multinational interests that exert the real power in Brussels. The treaty gives the EU total control of all "marine biological resources" - and from that it is only a short step to Brussels control of ALL marine resources like oil, gas and minerals etc. It is high time for the SNP to revise its lunatic policy of EU membership.


 

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