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This report assesses the progress made to date towards ending overfishing in the EU by 2020 at the latest, as agreed in the last reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in 2013. The core analysis presented focuses on a subset of the Total Allowable Catches (TACs) agreed for the years 2015 to 2019 at the yearly December Council meetings. On this basis, it identifies a number of key issues which the Commission and the Council, as well as individual Member States, will need to address as a priority to meet the 2020 MSY deadline and allow all stocks to recover in line with the CFP's requirements. In particular, this report sets out to:
Key findings include the following:
EU decision-makers have so far failed to beat the 2020 deadline, but it is not too late to meet it by setting sustainable TACs in line with scientific advice and the legal requirements in 2019. This report provides some key pointers to help the Commission, the Member States and the Council as a whole to focus their attention in this final push towards ending overfishing, and to enable Members of the European Parliament to get involved in this crucial phase.
Links:
ClientEarth's key recommendations to decision-makers on meeting the 2020 MSY deadline
Taking stock – are TACs set to achieve MSY? – Annex II