Enforcing the Common Fisheries Policy

The main focus of this book is a review of how the Common Fisheries Policy is enforced throughout the Community, with a discussion of its successes and failures. Topics include the various rules and policies to be enforced; the enforcement authorities in the Member States and their activities and strategies; the role of the Commission and its approach to enforcement; new developments in fisheries control; the costs of enforcement; and problem fisheries and non compliance generally.

The main focus of this book is a review of how the Common Fisheries Policy is enforced throughout the Community, with a discussion of its successes and failures. Topics include the various rules and policies to be enforced; the enforcement authorities in the Member States and their activities and strategies; the role of the Commission and its approach to enforcement; new developments in fisheries control; the costs of enforcement; and problem fisheries and non compliance generally.

List of Tables and Figures.Preface.Cases in the European Court of Justice.International Agreements and Conventions.European Community Secondary Legislation.List of Abbreviations.Introduction.Chapter 1. The Content: Overview of the Common FisheriesPolicy.Chapter 2. Fishery Enforcement and the CFP.Chapter 3. A New Approach to Enforcement - The ControlRegulation.Chapter 4. Enforcing the Community Catch RegistrationSystem.Chapter 5. The Enforcement of Technical Conservation MeasuresStructure and Market Measures.Chapter 6. The Rôle of the European Commission and Some ofthe Issues Pertaining to the Use of Sanctions in the EnforcementProcess.Chapter 7. Quota Hopping: An Insoluble Enforcement Problem?.Chapter 8. Ensuring Enforcement by Member States.Chapter 9. Financing the Enforcement of the CFP.Chapter 10. Enforcing Community Rules on the Use of Large-ScaleDriftnets.Chapter 11. New Developments in Fishery Law Enforcement.Chapter 12. Conclusions.Selected Bibliography.Index.