Fisheries commissioner, Maria Damanaki, told a meeting yesterday of the European Parliament's 'Fish for the Future' group that 91% of stocks would be endangered within a decade if we carried on with the current CFP.
She is planning next month to announce radical plans for reform to prevent an inevitable loss of fish stocks and further decline of the fishing industry.
The Greek Commissioner, described as "gutsy" by Chris Davies, Liberal Democrat MEP and founder of the ‘Fish for the Future’ group, warned that prospects were grim and that a reduction in employment was inevitable until fish stocks could recover. She said that without change, the decline in fish would lead to an even greater loss of jobs.
And she blasted a declaration by six countries, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Ireland and Belgium, who this week called for the continuation of subsidies for new fishing vessels.
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