Fisheries and aquaculture: Community system 1996-1998 (Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92). Report

The committee adopted the report by Pat the Cope GALLAGHER (UEN, IRL) on the Commission's latest triennial report (1996-98). While broadly welcoming the report, the committee stressed that the shortcomings of the CFP must be corrected through a reform in 2002 based on integrating fisheries into the single market and ensuring greater coherence with other Community policies. It wanted improvements in technical conservation measures, including the mesh sizes allowed for certain species. It also called for a quality label for fisheries products and European aquaculture, in addition to more effective inspections and a uniform, non-discriminatory inspection system. Lastly, it called on the Commission to review the implementation of the principle of relative stability.�