Brussels opens CFP public consultation

Building on the initial call for evidence, which garnered 87 responses in June 2024, this consultation represents the next phase in evaluating how the CFP Regulation has been performing and whether it has met its goals.

The evaluation will focus on the policy’s impact on marine biological conservation, fisheries management and the fleets dependent on them. It will also consider the regulation’s effects on the supply chain, consumers, and public authorities across the EU over the past decade.

This review is part of Commissioner Costas Kadis’s political mandate to complete a thorough evaluation of the CFP. It builds upon prior consultations, including the 2023 communication on the CFP’s future.

The results of the consultation, along with additional studies, will be published in 2025.

This call to individuals, the fisheries and maritime sectors, scientists, non-governmental organisations and administrations of EU member states runs until 21 April 2025.