European Common Fisheries Policy Research Articles

“Quota-hopping” and the foreign ownership of UK fishing vessels

This article examines the evolution of foreign ownership in the UK fishing fleet in the context of policy developments at European and national levels. We argue that the characterisation of all foreign ownership as “quota-hopping” is misleading because it oversimplifies the means by which foreign access to fish quotas has been obtained. The paper considers the incentives for foreign ownership and the likely economic impact on the UK. It is concluded that the net impact may be rather small, but that the issue nevertheless raises questions for the allocation of fishing rights under the European Community's Common Fisheries Policy.

The European Community's common fisheries policy

Since 1976, the European Community has assumed responsibility for the development of fisheries policy within the EEZs of its member states. The success of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) has been diminished by two factors: the progressive enlargement of the common pond and the precedence given to the political need for relative stability over the scientific imperative of resource conservation. Only a fundamental reform of the CFP by 2002 can hope to redeem the Community's fishing industry from the damaging effects of the politics of national self-interest.

The EC's common fisheries policy in the 1990s

This article discusses the development of the European Community's Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in the early 1990s. The analytical framework used for the study of national ocean policy, relating in particular to the fisheries sector, is introduced first. Then, the origin and evolution of the CFP between 1958 and 1986 are examined, serving as the background of the CFP. The shortcomings and failures of the CFP as recognized by the end of the CFP's first 10 years (1983–1992) are highlighted. The reform of the CFP, which was carried out in 1992, and the outputs resulting from the reform, such as the establishment of a Community control system for the entire fishing sector in 1993, are addressed. The relationship between the CFP and EC integration are also examined. The article suggests that trends in the international system and other states’ fisheries policies, in particular the development of the legal regime of a 200‐mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and the extension of fishing limits to 200 miles by al...

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:The Geography of Europe: a socio‐economic geographyPrice and Market Policies in European AgricultureThe Common Fisheries Policy of the European CommunityBarriers to Innovation: A Study carried out for the Commission of the European Communities, Directorate General Information Market and InnovationRegional Development: problems and policies in Eastern and Western EuropeConsumer Law in the ECEuropean Foreign Policy Making and the Arab‐Israeli ConflictParties, Opposition and Society in West GermanyBritish Politics in PerspectiveAnnuaire Européen/European Yearbook, 1982