Policy paper

Fisheries 2027 – a long-term vision for sustainable fisheries

Fisheries 2027 aims to explain the changes in fisheries and fisheries management over the past thirty years and what we are now trying to achieve.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 30 September 2011

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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Fisheries 2027 - a long-term vision for sustainable fisheries

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‘Fisheries 2027’ aims to:

• explain the changes in fisheries and fisheries management over the past thirty years and what we are now trying to achieve;
• set out the balance we will strike between economic, social and environmental priorities;
• clarify, through nine vision statements, the elements of sustainability;
• identify the roles and responsibilities of different stakeholders in achieving sustainability;
• summarise the economic, social and environmental benefits and costs of delivering the vision.

Published 30 September 2011