In the past, ministers responsible for fisheries have often set fishing limits or Total Allowable Catches (TACs)  over and above the scientific advice in the interests of short-term economic gains. The CFP’s legally binding deadline to end overfishing now requires ministers to end this practice.

Sustainable fishing will benefit stocks, the marine ecosystem, and fisheries. In time, it will also bring substantial gains to the fisheries sector. However, decades of entrenched, expedient decision-making will not end easily.

• Recommendations to the parties managing shared fish stocks in the Northeast Atlantic (2021) (PDF)
• Recommendations for the European Commission and the EU Council on the setting of Northeast Atlantic fishing opportunities for 2021 (PDF)
• Recommendations for deep-sea fishing limits 2021-2022 (PDF)
• Joint NGO recommendations on Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2021 (PDF)
• Reply to the Commission on the state of progress in implementing the CFP through the setting of fishing opportunities (2020) (PDF)
• Total Allowable Catch Limits (TACs) table for 2020: EU catch limits in the North East Atlantic, North Sea, Deep Sea and Baltic Sea not set in line with scientific advice (PDF)
• Analysis of Fisheries Council agreement on fishing opportunities in the north-east Atlantic for 2020 (PDF)
• Analysis of Fisheries Council agreement on fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2020 (PDF)
• Joint NGO recommendations on the setting of Northeast Atlantic fishing opportunities for 2020 (PDF)
• Analysis of Fisheries Council agreement on fishing opportunities in the north-east Atlantic for 2019 (PDF)
• Analysis of Fisheries Council agreement on deep-sea fishing opportunities for 2019 and 2020 (PDF)
• Joint NGO recommendations on fishing opportunities for 2019 (PDF)
• Analysis of Fisheries Council agreement on fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2019 (PDF)
• Monitoring the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) (2019) (PDF)
• NGO Recommendations for Deep Sea Fishing Limits 2019-2020 (PDF)
• Submission to Defra’s White Paper consultation, “Sustainable fisheries for future generations” (2019) (PDF)
• Submission to the European Commission’s Consultation on Fishing Opportunities for 2019 (PDF)
• Joint NGO recommendations on Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2019 (PDF)
• Analysis of Total Allowable Catches in the north-east Atlantic for 2018 (PDF)
• Pew recommendations for certain fishing opportunities in the north-east Atlantic for 2018 (PDF)
• Analysis of Fisheries Council agreement on fishing opportunities in 2018 for the Baltic Sea (PDF)
• Delivering world leading fisheries management in the UK (2018) (PDF)
• Response to European Commission’s proposal for fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2018 (PDF)
• Submission to the European Commission’s Consultation on Fishing Opportunities for 2018 (PDF)
• Setting sustainable Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2018, August 2017 (PDF)
• Analysis of Total Allowable Catches in Europe's North-Western Waters, March 2017 (PDF)
• Pew response to deep-sea fishing limits 2017-2018 (PDF)
• Pew recommendations for fishing opportunities in the North-East Atlantic for 2017 (PDF)
• Pew Recommendations for Deep-Sea Fishing Limits 2017-2018 (PDF)
• Analysis of Fisheries Council agreement on fishing opportunities in 2017 for the Baltic Sea (PDF)
• Response to the European Commission’s proposal for fishing opportunities for Baltic cod in 2017 (PDF)
• Submission to the European Commission’s Consultation on Fishing Opportunities for 2017 (PDF)
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• Setting sustainable Baltic fishing opportunities for 2017 (PDF)
• Letter to the Dutch Ambassador (2017) (PDF)
• Submission to the Commission’s Consultation on the Evaluation of the Fisheries Control Regulation, March 2016 (PDF)
• Analysis of Total Allowable Catches in Europe's North-western Waters, March 2016 (PDF)
• Reporting progress on achieving MSY exploitation rates (2018) (PDF)
• Letter to EC Director General Machado (Re: MoU with ICES and information on biomass levels of stocks)
• Response to European Commission Proposal for 2016 Fishing Limits (PDF)
• Joint NGO recommendations on Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2020 (PDF)
• Joint NGO response to the Commission consultation on the setting of fishing opportunities for 2020 (PDF)