Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) EU/North Sea

4.5 In what ways does human activity attempt to manage the demand and supply of resources?

Aim: to make fish stocks sustainable.

Need:

• Overfishing causing many species to become endangered.
• New technology of '***** mines' cause damage to sea bed, flora and fauna damaged.
• Low value fish are thrown away.
• Eu treaty gave EU fisherman equal access to member states waters.

Method:

• 1993 - Policy introduced.
• Fixed quotas of allowable catches based on fish stocks set up to enforce rules and fines.
• Minimum and maximum net…