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the Common Fisheries Policy is a set of rules to determine how much fish can be fished in the 🇪🇺, while conserving 🐟 stocks & keeping in mind the socio-economic impact?
Main objectives
🔷preserve 🐟 stocks
🔷protect 🌊 & the 🎣 sector
🔷provide healthy affordable food

🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/EU_MARE/statu

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➡️Fisheries is an exclusive competence of the EU 🇪🇺.

Every year, the @EU_Commission tables a proposal for the EU fishing opportunities.

It is then discussed and adopted during a meeting of the @EUCouncil composed of 🎣 ministers of each EU Country, called .

🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/EU_MARE/statu

Science 🔬 is at the core of determining 🎣 fishing opportunities.

@ICES_ASC and issue every year an independent scientific advice, determining the Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) or precautionary advice for each 🐟 stock.

But what is MSY?⬇️

🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/EU_MARE/statu

Each year, each stock has a sustainable catch level which provides the maximum catch (MSY) over the long term.

Based on this, EU countries agree on the TACs, of which they get quota shares.

Goal➡️avoid unsustainable 🎣 impacting the environment & future of fishers.

🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/EU_MARE/statu

After the Commission puts forward its proposal for fishing opportunities, the EU🎣 Ministers meet at annual meetings of the Council to negotiate TACs & quotas for each sea basin. In December, the focus is on the Mediterranean, Black Sea, the Atlantic & North Sea.

🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/EU_MARE/statu

🇪🇺 TACs are coordinated with non-EU countries to ensure all🎣regulations follow🔬advice.

Setting TACs & quotas is a political decision balancing:

🔷 long-term sustainability of🐟stocks
🔷 socio-economic situation of the sector

while fully respecting rules of the

🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/EU_MARE/statu

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