A report by French NGO Pêche et Développement -- written by Yan Giron and with contributions by Alain le Sann and Philippe Favrelière -- confirms fisheries policy in Europe is being subtly steered by organizations that are accountable only to themselves.
"Blue Charity Business"charts the development of environmentalist NGO (eNGO)-driven fisheries policy in the United States, which resulted in the reformed Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act and highlights parallel developments taking place in Europe with the lead-in to the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) due to come into force next year.
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