Fisheries quotas
Quotas are set to help achieve the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy for the conservation and sustainable management of fish stocks.
Member States are responsible for ensuring that landings by their fishing fleets do not exceed their quotas. Because over fishing of quotas can endanger stocks, the EU deducts quota from any Member State which over fishes and may also bring legal proceedings, with the possibility of substantial fines.
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