The High Court has refused a Greenpeace legal challenge to the English quota allocation system, with Greenpeace currently considering its options for an appeal.
Greenpeace was seeking a Judicial Review of the quota system on the grounds that the present system does not comply with Article 17 of the revised Common Fisheries Policy. This requires member states to use “transparent and objective criteria, including those of an environmental, social and economic nature” when allocating their national quotas.
Examples of the criteria that may be used include the impact of fishing on the environment, compliance history, the contribution to the local economy and historic catch levels.
