The EC Common Fisheries Policy

Robin Churchill is Professor of International Law at the University of Dundee.Daniel Owen is a Barrister at Fenners Chambers, Cambridge, and specializes in marine and fisheries law.

The book has been written by two lawyers...they know their subject...it provides a useful reference point against which to judge proposed reforms and future performance. The book opens with a reminder of the origin and development of the CFP and its scope before getting into detailed discussion of specific aspects of its purpose and performance. This embraces a detailed account of the very large body of EC law that comprises the CFP and draws on the commission's associated documents to aid interpretation and context. It...will prove an invaluable aid to practising fishery lawyers, fishery managers, policy advisers and anyone engaged in the management of fisheries and the marine environment.

• PART I: INTRODUCTORY ISSUES ; CHAPTER 1 THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMON FISHERIES POLICY ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The conception, birth, and early development of the CFP, 1957-73 ; 3. The challenge of 200 nm limits - producing a fisheries management policy, 1973-83 ; 4. Iberian accession and consolidation of the CFP, 1983-92 ; 5. The second decade of the EC's fisheries management system, 1993-2002 ; 6. CFP reform and further EC expansion - developments since 2002 ; 7. Actors, interests, and processes involved in the formulation, adoption, and development of the CFP ; CHAPTER 2 THE SCOPE OF THE COMMON FISHERIES POLICY ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Material scope ; 3. Geographical scope ; 4. Personal scope ; PART II FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ; CHAPTER 3 THE INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ; 1. Fisheries management: issues and challenges ; 2. UN Convention on the Law of the Sea ; 3. UN Fish Stocks Agreement ; 4. FAO Compliance Agreement ; 5. FAO's Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, and International Plans of Action ; 6. Regional fisheries management organizations ; 7. UN General Assembly resolutions ; 8. Importing environmental issues into fisheries management ; 9. Conclusions ; CHAPTER 4 FISHERIES MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNITY WATERS ; 1. Introduction ; 2. General aspects of Community fisheries management ; 3. EC fisheries management in the Baltic Sea ; 4. EC fisheries management in the Mediterranean Sea ; 5. EC fisheries management in the Black Sea ; 6. Environmental protection ; 7. Regional Advisory Councils and the Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture ; 8. Fishing by third country vessels in Community waters ; 9. Reform ; CHAPTER 5 EXTERNAL ASPECTS OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The EC's treaty-making competence and treaty-making procedures ; 3. EC participation in global fisheries instruments ; 4. Access agreements ; 5. Access to third States' waters other than under EC fisheries access agreements ; 6. EC participation in regional fisheries management organizations ; 7. The EC and some other international fisheries management issues ; 8. Conclusions ; PART III OTHER ISSUES ; CHAPTER 6 THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKETS IN FISHERY PRODUCTS ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Legal basis and objectives ; 3. Subject matter ; 4. Common marketing standards ; 5. Consumer information ; 6. Producer organizations ; 7. Interbranch organizations ; 8. Prices and intervention ; 9. Enforcement ; 10. Conclusions ; CHAPTER 7 TRADE IN FISHERY PRODUCTS ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The legal regulation of intra-EC trade ; 3. The regulation of trade between the EC and third States ; 4. Conclusions ; CHAPTER 8 PUBLIC EXPENDITURE IN THE FISHERIES SECTOR ; 1. Introduction ; 2. European Fisheries Fund ; 3. Regulation 861/2006 ; 4. State aid ; CHAPTER 9 AQUACULTURE ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Authorization for the establishment and operation of an aquaculture installation ; 3. Prevention and control of disease in aquaculture installations ; 4. The regulation of pollution damaging to, or resulting from, aquaculture ; 5. Controlling the use of alien species in aquaculture ; 6. Marketing and trade ; 7. Tuna farming ; 8. Public financial assistance for aquaculture ; 9. Concluding comments