Welcoming the EU Commission’s ”clear commitment” to bring in the MSY approach by 2015, a statement from nine important NGOs points out that Maxim Sustainable Yield is not “the ultimate target”.
The statement, signers including FISH, WWF and the OCEAN2012 coalition, was commenting on the Commission Communication two weeks earlier on principles for setting quotas for 2011.
Initially, the NGO document welcomes the “clear commitment to setting sustainable fishing opportunities in line with scientific advice and the precautionary approach, as well as full implementation of long-term management plans”.
