Fisheries, including aquaculture, provide a vital source of food, employment, recreation, trade and economic well …-being for people throughout the European Union. Decisions under the Common Fisheries Policy are taken on the basis of scientific … advice provided by fisheries advisory bodies such as the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, the …

organisations and main research institutes involved in fisheries and aquaculture. It completes the European Directory of Research … Centres in the Fisheries Sector, edited by the Commission in 1994, which focuses more specifically on a detailed list of all … institutes involved in research in the fisheries sector. All EU countries (except Luxembourg) plus three associated countries …

The current Community legislation foresees the review of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in the course of 2002. It … on access to certain Community waters1. In March 2001, the Commission published the report on the fisheries situation in … the Community2, foreseen by the current legislation, and a Green Paper on the Future of the Common Fisheries Policy3 …