How to Stop Overfishing
April 2011.
The Joint Declaration was signed by Austria, the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Hungary and Slovakia.
They agreed that freshwater aquaculture should be given priority in the context of the future Common Fisheries Policy and its financing instruments.
In accepting the Joint Declaration, Commissioner Damanaki expressed support for their initiative and indicated that the promotion of aquaculture, including inland aquaculture, will be addressed as a priority during the forthcoming reform of the Common Fisheries Policy and of the proposal of a new financial instrument for maritime and fisheries policy covering the period post-2013. Her plan to support and promote a sustainable and competitive fish-farming sector relies on two broad premises.
1) First, by facilitating the investment opportunities that will allow the sector to grow within the EU.
This will include a serious effort to reduce administrative obstacles as well as to promote permitting and spatial planning taking into account environmental constraints.
2) Secondly, by placing special emphasis on the funding of aquaculture within the framework of the European Fisheries Fund and its successor post-2013. Finally, particular efforts will be have to be made for the promotion of organic aquaculture.
Many of the concerns surrounding fish farming arise from the crowding together of thousands of fish in their artificial environment. Waste products, including faeces, uneaten food, and dead fish, are flushed (often untreated) into the surrounding waters where they add to the contamination of the water supply. Also in this effluent are pesticides and veterinary drugs that have been used in an effort to treat the pests and diseases that afflict fish in these concentrated numbers. Such chemicals affect the entire aquatic ecosystem.
Aquaculture has been used since ancient times and can be found in many cultures.
1) Aquaculture was used in China c. 2500 BC.
2) The Hawaiian people practiced
The Joint Declaration was signed by Austria, the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Hungary and Slovakia.
They agreed that freshwater aquaculture should be given priority in the context of the future Common Fisheries Policy and its financing instruments.
In accepting the Joint Declaration, Commissioner Damanaki expressed support for their initiative and indicated that the promotion of aquaculture, including inland aquaculture, will be addressed as a priority during the forthcoming reform of the Common Fisheries Policy and of the proposal of a new financial instrument for maritime and fisheries policy covering the period post-2013. Her plan to support and promote a sustainable and competitive fish-farming sector relies on two broad premises.
1) First, by facilitating the investment opportunities that will allow the sector to grow within the EU.
This will include a serious effort to reduce administrative obstacles as well as to promote permitting and spatial planning taking into account environmental constraints.
2) Secondly, by placing special emphasis on the funding of aquaculture within the framework of the European Fisheries Fund and its successor post-2013. Finally, particular efforts will be have to be made for the promotion of organic aquaculture.
Many of the concerns surrounding fish farming arise from the crowding together of thousands of fish in their artificial environment. Waste products, including faeces, uneaten food, and dead fish, are flushed (often untreated) into the surrounding waters where they add to the contamination of the water supply. Also in this effluent are pesticides and veterinary drugs that have been used in an effort to treat the pests and diseases that afflict fish in these concentrated numbers. Such chemicals affect the entire aquatic ecosystem.
Aquaculture has been used since ancient times and can be found in many cultures.
1) Aquaculture was used in China c. 2500 BC.
2) The Hawaiian people practiced