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This Briefing is part of a joint Briefing Series, co-signed by 29 organisations (including environmental NGOs and recreational representatives), which presents our key recommendations to EU and UK decision-makers regarding the setting of recovery-focused, precautionary and ecosystem-based fishing opportunities.
Deep-sea fish populations in European waters are either depleted or lacking information to assess their status. Their usually limited productivity and recovery capacity as well as the fragile ecosystems they inhabit make them exceptionally vulnerable to over-exploitation. Yet, EU and UK fisheries managers have repeatedly set fishing opportunities above precautionary scientific advice, without successful efforts so far to fill data gaps that prevent full analytical stock assessments. This Briefing outlines a range of recommendations, some of which are covered in more detail throughout the rest of the Briefing Series, to recognize and factor in the particular vulnerability of deep-sea species and ecosystems, including:
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Find all Briefings as part of the Briefing Series “Recommendations to the EU and the UK on the setting of fishing opportunities” here.
Find other files produced or co-signed by ClientEarth related to the annual negotiations on fishing opportunities from 2015 onwards here.