What is the EU policy towards the development of aquaculture?
The Commission recognises the importance of aquaculture in the framework of the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy and the necessity to develop a strategy for the sustainable development of this sector. A Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on a Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture (COM (2002) 511 final ( ~ 125 KB)) was issued on 19.9.2002. Both the European Parliament and the Council expressed their agreement with the proposed strategy.