Latest news and stories about fisheries policy in Portugal for expats and residents.
The European Commission evaluated 10 years of the fisheries policy. The assessment shows real progress in reducing overfishing, but stock recovery is below expectations and economic gains are less than promised.
The European Commission considered today that the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) has failed in sustainability gains, highlighting that the recovery of fish stocks remains too slow and overfishing practices persist.
Europe’s fishers won’t be supported by rewriting policy that is already shown to work.
