Consultee
Andrew Wood Melvin Robinson Ove Jenkinson)
Date/Agenda
14.4 Existing Environment
14.4.1 Fisheries Control and Legislation 29. Commercial fishing in European Union (EU) waters is subject to numerous controls and regulations at European, national and local levels. The majority of such measures have a direct impact on fishing effort, landings weights and values and therefore the baseline. Furthermore, many are implemented at short notice with limited consultation, which limits confidence in predicting future trends. The main bodies regulating fisheries relevant to the proposed East Anglia THREE project through such measures are the EU through the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), the MMO through national and regional regulations and Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCAs) (out to 6nm) through local byelaws and Regulating Orders.
14.4.1.1 The Common Fisheries Policy Since its ratification in 1983, the EU CFP has been one of the main factors
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determining the structure and capacity of European fishing fleets. The primary responsibility of the CFP is the long term conservation of fish stocks in EU waters. The CFP policy to protect pressure stocks (species identified as requiring management) is mainly through a system of quotas by ICES Area and Sub-area. A quota is the quantity of a species that can be legally retained on board and landed as opposed to the quantity actually caught.
31. The CFP has been widely criticised as it is considered that the system of quotas
encourages the discarding of either undersized or over quota fish at sea. In 2007, the EU Court of Auditors judged that the CFP has failed to achieve its objective and a new review was launched in 2008. Changes to the Policy have come into legislation in 2013. The changes are wide ranging and cover all aspects of fisheries management and objectives, including (EC, 2012):
Transferable fishing concessions make it obligatory for EU member states to introduce individual transferable fishing rights for all vessels over-12m and towed gear vessels under-12m.
Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014
East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm
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