fishing effort

To that I commit myself, but it must not lead to an increase in fishing effort.

The fishing effort is calculated on the basis of the list in Article 9.

We cannot avoid the need to continue to reduce overall fishing effort in the short term.

Grants are not awarded for projects that will increase fishing efforts.

We had serious reservations then about the plan and its mechanisms for controlling fishing effort.

Restrictions on the fishing effort will be a cornerstone of the reforms.

There is, of course, exactly the same problem with limitation of the fishing effort.

However, such an approach needs to respect the principle that financial assistance may not, under any circumstances, increase fishing effort.

A limitation of fishing effort is therefore also required.

On fishing effort limitation, the principle of proportionality must apply.

Renovating the fleet does not necessarily mean increasing the fishing effort.

As you are well aware, fishing effort has been increasing in many areas and the exploitation pattern is still not satisfactory.

The topic that dominated negotiations was fishing effort or days at sea, an issue with which some Members will be familiar.

There will be problems in the transfer of fishing effort from Federal waters to state waters.

Furthermore, reducing the fishing effort does not necessarily mean a reduction in the number of vessels.

Clearly, it is the fishing effort that matters.

The Commission's proposals for reducing the fishing effort do not, however, include any assessment of the economic and social costs to fishermen.

On the other hand, they simply restricted the limits, fishing effort and fishing potential.

The first is the tight time scale allowed for Member States to adjust their fishing effort.

Nor is it necessary, in order to manage the fishing effort, to undertake a territorial breakdown.

Therefore the requirement for sustainable fishery means that we must limit our fishing efforts in various ways.

The situation potentially encourages the industry to extend fishing efforts to accelerate their recovery.

In order to secure what we all want, sustainable fisheries, then surely fishing effort must be made to correspond to available resources.

That, too, brings this agreement into line with those with other third countries and also makes it possible for us to monitor the fishing effort.

Other fleets are economically able to meet the catch restrictions by cutting down on fishing effort.