Europêche has called for urgent reforms to the European Union’s fisheries policy following talks with European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis and representatives of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU

The discussions centred on the future of the Common Fisheries Policy, regulatory simplification and measures to improve the competitiveness, resilience and long-term sustainability of Europe’s fishing industry.

The fishing industry body argued that while the EU fleet has made significant environmental progress over the past decade, existing policies have fallen short of delivering the socio-economic outcomes needed to sustain fishing communities.