The EU's common fisheries policy: The case for reform, not abolition

During the British general election campaign, political parties have found the EU's common fisheries policy (CFP) a temptingly soft target. The Conservative Party leader, Michael Howard, pledges that if elected he would pull Britain out of the CFP, a policy that he claims has "totally failed British fishermen". Prime Minister Tony Blair, on the other hand, wants the UK to "give a lead in reforming the Common Fisheries Policy".

Aurore Wanlin was a research fellow at the CER (2004 - 2007).