REFORM OF COMMON FISHERIES POLICY : MEMBER STATES WANT TO PRESERVE CFP'S FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES.

Publication: European Report

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The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) must be reformed, but with respect to the fundamental principles which the 27 member states say they are particularly attached to: keeping a common fisheries policy, equal access to Community waters and the TAC (total allowable catch) scheme and quotas. Gathered in Brussels, on 29 September, for an informal session, under the presidency of French Fisheries Minister Michel Barnier and in the presence of Fisheries Commissioner Joe Borg and, for the first time, the President of the European Parliament's Fisheries Committee, Philippe Morillon,...

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