A preliminary compilation of 382 responses to the CFP Green Paper will be presented by the Commission at the upcoming April Council meeting.
The ten-year Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is up for a renewal to take force in 2013, and the Commission opened the gates to the official decision-making process by publishing a Green Paper in April 2009. A first exchange of views took place at the following May Council meeting of the Fisheries Ministers, and a Council background note identified some of the key issues to be taken into account as:
better adaptation of fleet capacity to fish stocks availability,
discards reduction through development of more selective fishing gear,
devolution of decision-making to regional/national levels,
responsible behaviour all along the fishery chain,
improved efficiency of controls,
differentiated approach for industrial and costal / small-scale fleets,
revision of funding rules, and
promotion of aquaculture development.
