Press Release: Commissioner Damanaki welcomes agreement on reform of Common Fisheries Policy

The European Parliament and Council of the European Union reached political agreement on the main points in the basic regulation in the fisheries reform in the early hours of the 30 May 2013.

Maria Damanaki, European Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs welcomed the agreement on a new, reformed fisheries policy for the EU.

The last remaining issues to be solved related to the four key issues of the Maximum Sustainable Yield objective, the discard ban, regionalisation and fleet capacity management.

The centrepiece of the reform is a requirement that all EU stocks be fished at sustainable levels by 2020, with most required to meet that standard in 2015.

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