The 2002 review of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) Regulation established the commitment to introduce recovery plans and multi annual management plans. The Regulation also made a clear commitment to apply the precautionary principle and progressively implement an ecosystem based approach to fisheries management.
In this position paper, WWF outline some of the key changes that it believes need to happen with respect to the adoption and implementation of long term management plans (LTMPs).
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