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Terms of Reference
Report
Summary
1 Introduction
The Strategy Unit report
Our inquiry
Recent developments
2 The Strategy Unit's report
Current situations and challenges
Recommendations
Response to publication of the report
Our approach to the Strategy Unit report
3 Sustainable Fisheries Programme
Initial concerns about the SFP
Improved progress with the SFP
4 Creating a competitive and profitable UK fleet
Decommissioning 13% of the whitefish fleet
Questionable modelling
Our conclusions
Tying-up an additional 30% of the fleet
The quota management system: Individual Transferable Quotas
Perceived difficulties with the Fixed Quota Allocation (FQA) system
Proposal to adopt Individual Transferable Quotas
Criticism of ITQs
Assessment of the FQA system
5 Setting clear social objectives in fisheries policy
Community quotas
Potential difficulties with community quotas
Role of producer organisations
6 Improving UK and EU information and compliance
A 'high-transparency' system
Evidence received
Enforcement measures
Administrative points and penalties
Cost-recovery of management costs
Effort-based systems in mixed fisheries
An alternative to quota management systems
7 Decentralising and modernising UK fisheries management
Development of inshore sector
Opportunities for growth
Other measures to develop the inshore sector
Recreational sea angling
Governmental responsibility for recreational sea angling
Inadequate representation at local level
Licensing scheme
Re-designation of species
Science and research
8 Progressively regionalising EU management under the CFP
Regionalising management functions of CFP and improving co-operation between EU partners
Regional Advisory Councils
Development into Regional Management Councils
9 Integrating needs of fishing industry with other uses of marine environment
Strategic environmental assessments and environmental impact assessments
Strategic environmental assessments
Environmental impact assessments
Practical difficulties with the application of SEA and EIA in the case of fisheries
Response of the fishing industry
Marine protected areas
The Strategy Unit and marine protected areas
Response from environmental organisations
Response from the fishing industry
10 Conclusion
State of fish stock conservation
Conclusions and recommendations
Annex: List of acronyms used in this report
Formal minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
Reports from the Committee since 2001
ORAL AND WRITTEN EVIDENCE
Tuesday 16 November 2004 Tuesday 7 December 2004 Wednesday 8 December 2004 Tuesday 14 December 2004 Monday 17 January 2005 Tuesday 18 January 2005
Written Evidence