{"id":16387,"date":"2013-06-14T19:49:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T19:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=f568222f7b9733ed28307c7fafc29008"},"modified":"2013-06-14T19:49:46","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T19:49:46","slug":"news-story-historic-fisheries-deal-secured-by-uk-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=16387","title":{"rendered":"News story: Historic fisheries deal secured by UK government"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The final deal follows more than three years of difficult negotiations, in which the UK took the lead to secure significant reform of the fundamentally flawed current CFP.<\/p>\n<p>The new Common Fisheries Policy will radically transform fishing practices in Europe. Reforms include: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A ban on the wasteful practice of discarding perfectly edible fish; <\/li>\n<li>A legally binding commitment to fishing at sustainable levels; <\/li>\n<li>Decentralised decision making, allowing Member States to agree the measures appropriate to their fisheries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I have been fighting for these changes for many years and our hard work over many late nights has finally paid off.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Negotiations have not been easy, but I was determined to push this ambitious deal through and not to compromise on the issues that matter most.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">This agreement hails a significant breakthrough that will make fishing more sustainable, will end the centralised one-size-fits-all approach to decision making and will make discards a thing of the past. This broken policy is finally on the right path.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The government fought for a commitment to firm dates to ban discards in the face of significant opposition. Once the agreement becomes law, a ban on discarding in \u2018pelagic\u2019 fisheries (such as mackerel and herring) will start on 1 January 2015 with a further ban on discards in other fisheries starting from 1 Jan 2016. <\/p>\n<p>The new laws will also allow countries to work together regionally to implement measures appropriate to their own fisheries, rather than be subject to ineffective micro-management from Brussels. This \u2018regionalisation\u2019 process has been a top negotiating priority for the UK government which has built support for reforms to replace the over-centralised system that currently hinders progress in our fisheries. <\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, we have secured, for the first time, a legally binding commitment to fishing at sustainable levels. This will ensure annual quotas will be underpinned by scientific advice, to achieve healthy fish stocks and a prosperous fishing industry. <\/p>\n<p>Mr Benyon added:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We know these changes will not happen overnight, and we have a lot of work ahead to help fishermen adjust to the new reforms so that they have a more sustainable future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">This work has already begun, and we will now build on the discussions we\u2019ve already had with industry to make sure the transition is as smooth as possible.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An historic deal to reform the broken Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) has today been agreed by EU Member States and is expected to become law later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16387"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}