Fishing quotas in Europe: Who gets the right to fish?

Under the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy, each Member State decides how to allocate its national fishing quota to its fishing fleet. Griffin Carpenter and Richard Kleinjans explain that many issues in fisheries policy are the result of these decisions around access and distribution, and there are ripe opportunities for reform.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Progress on overfishing is at risk as EU quotas continue to be set above scientific advice (LSE EuroppBlog, 17.02.16) http://www.europeansources.info/record/progress-on-overfishing-is-at-risk-as-eu-quotas-continue-to-be-set-above-scientific-advice/

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