Fisheries agreements: partners in sustainable and responsible fishing

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Series Details No.28, March 2006, p5-9
Publication Date March 2006
ISSN 1606-0822
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The European Union’s competence for fisheries is not restricted to Community waters. Combating
illegal fishing, participating in regional fisheries organisations and managing distant waters fishing
also form part of the Common Fisheries Policy. It is in that context that the negotiation of fisheries
agreements, which enable the Community fleet to operate in the waters of other countries, takes on
considerable importance.
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