Interested parties in the seafood sector discussed the role sustainability will play in the forthcoming reform of the CFP in the "Cafe Crossfire" debate hosted by think tank Friends of Europe during the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels.
The overwhelming tide of opinion was sustainability must feature heavily in the reform, currently under draft stage in a green paper issued by the European Commission.
The head of the World Wildlife Fund European Marine Program, Aaron McLoughlin, said over the past 10 years around 25 percent of fishermen in Europe had lost their jobs.
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