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Non-governmental organizations |
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The
Union's Policies - Fisheries
Overview of the information on the CFP available on the EU's website (Europa).
SCADPlus: Fisheries
Overview of the main areas of policy and
legislation (including the conservation and sustainable exploitation of
resources; common organization of the markets; structural policy; impact of
other Community policies on the CFP; and international relations).
Overview of the Common Fisheries Policy
Extensive section of information and documents providing an overview of the basic functions and mechanics of the CFP (including a set of basic Factsheets) and of current issues and activities under the CFP.
Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy
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Literature on-line |
International
Conference on Fisheries Monitoring, Control and Surveillance
Contains the papers and a number of
presentations from this Conference held in Brussels in October 2000.
House of Lords (UK) Select Committee on the European Union: Report on the Common Fisheries Policy
A Critical Review of the
Common Fisheries Policy
C.L. Jensen, University of Southern Denmark,
Department of Environmental and Business Economics, Working Paper (1999)
Rights-based Management- A European Union Perspective
Paper by D. Symes from the
FishRights '99 Conference (published in
FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 404).
The Common Fisheries Policy of the European Union and Fishing Rights
Paper by C. Nordmann from the
FishRights '99 Conference (published in
FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 404).
Fishery Management in the Mediterranean: An Evaluation of Effort-Based Management
Systems
Paper by Stephen
Cunningham (Agropolis International/Universite de Montpelier, France)
presented at the IIFET 2000 Conference.
Fisheries
legislation
homepage
Links to the various collections of fisheries legislation on the EU
website, most of which are reproduced on this page.
Directory of
Community legislation in force
Collection of all current EU
legislation, organized, for fisheries, into the following categories:
04.05 General, supply and research
04.10 Common fisheries policy
04.10.10 Structural measures
04.10.20 Market organization
04.10.30 Conservation of resources04.10.30.10 Catch quotas and management of stocks
04.10.30.20 Other conservation measures04.10.40 State aids
04.20 External relations
04.20.10 Multilateral relations
04.20.20 Agreements with non-member countries
Consolidated texts
This is a collection of EU legislative texts, which have been amended once or more and are
"consolidated" because they incorporate, at a given date, those amendments with
a view to obtaining a text which is easier to understand. There are a few fisheries
Regulations and Decisions, organized into the following categories:
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Eur-Lex
The EU's legal database,
allowing searches of EU treaties and secondary legislation (Regulations,
Decisions, etc.).
Treaty establishing the
European Community
For fisheries, see Arts. 32-38.
Commission proposals for regulations
European Commission Communications
Reports of the European Parliament
European
Parliament Legislative Observatory database
This is an on-line, searchable database which contains information on all EU legislative procedures
still under way or concluded after July 1994.
Pre-Lex
Another database which provides information and
documentation monitoring the decision-making process between institutions.
EU Bulletin: Home Page
The Bulletin of the European Union is a monthly publication, describing the activities of
the various EU institutions. It is an invaluable tool for finding further information (in
the Official Journal, COM documents etc.) on the Common Fisheries Policy, including the
proposing, adoption and development of EC fisheries legislation. The on-line version goes back to the beginning of 1996.
There are current and cumulative indexes and a shortcut link to the
latest issue. The links
below are shortcuts to the fisheries entries in each available Bulletin:
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General
Report on the activities of the European Union
A summary of the main actions undertaken by the EU each year. The links below
are to the sections on fisheries in recent reports:
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The following is a selection of NGOs and other institutions with a particular focus on the CFP. For a more general list of NGO links, see Part 13.
Institute for European Environmental Policy
UK-based research and policy institute which produces a large number
of
publications on the CFP.
WWF Endangered Seas programme
Includes a section on the
Common Fisheries Policy and a number of
publications on CFP issues.
European
Centre for Nature Conservation Home Page
This site contains information on international, European and national organizations and
legislation, and includes links to some EC texts on the environment, such as the Habitats Directive.
European
Environmental Law Homepage
Comprehensive site maintained by the University of
Maastricht, containing information and documentation on EU and international
environmental law.
EU/Spain -
Canada Fishing Dispute
A number of links which provide a record of this dispute over Greenland halibut
(turbot) in the Northwest Atlantic in 1995.
Driftnetting
Links to a few items relevant to EU rules and practice on driftnet fishing.
Member State
Information
Links to the Fisheries Departments of and other information on some of the Member
States are contained in the previous part.