#DYK 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
#CFP
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_MARE/status/1600080870844628992
➡️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 #AGRIFISH.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_MARE/status/1600088891041583104
Science 🔬 is at the core of determining 🎣 fishing opportunities.
@ICES_ASC and #STECF issue every year an independent scientific advice, determining the Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) or precautionary advice for each 🐟 stock.
But what is MSY?⬇️
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_MARE/status/1600424092263362560
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.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_MARE/status/1600444785197830145
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. #CFP
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_MARE/status/1600758985636081664
🇪🇺 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 #CFP
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_MARE/status/1600759481125974016
