Common Fisheries Policy

HC Deb 17 January 2001 vol 361 cc265-6W

Mr. Alan Campbell

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps are being taken to improve regional management of the Common Fisheries Policy. [145573]

Mr. Morley

We consider regional management to be a priority issue to be addressed as part of the review of the common fisheries policy. The Irish Sea cod recovery programme represents a significant step forward in bringing together fishermen, managers and scientists from the member states concerned to help develop the programme and review its operation. We are following a similar approach for the North Sea cod recovery programme. This indicates the direction in which we want the common fisheries policy to develop.