The French Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) fishery is composed by almost 250 beam trawlers, mainly registered in nine different harbours disseminated from South Brittany to Oléron Island. Even if the main target is Norway Lobster, these fishermen also catch juvenile Hake, Sole and other commercial fishes. Both Norway Lobster and...
The increasing move to citizen participation in policy formulation is being witnessed in European fisheries. The emergence of the Regional Advisory Councils (RACs) and other processes via the reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is sparking hope and interest in more regionally relevant, holistic, and hopefully workable fisheries management measures. In...
Nearly 75% of the stocks in the waters of the European Union are overused. Therefore, recovery programs
are both necessary and urgent. However, the decisions made by the fisheries ministers rather seem
to prolong the overuse situation instead of putting an end to it.
From an overall perspective, it would...