What are the aims and the scope of measures of collective interest?
Measures of common interest should encourage stakeholders to take initiatives that are of collective benefit aimed at achieving value added over and above traditional individual investments. They should above all contribute to meeting the objectives of the CFP.This will cover measures that are implemented collectively in the above spirit such as promoting partnerships between scientists and fishermen, upgrading professional skills, promoting selectivity, combating ghost fishing, reducing by catches, improving quality and food safety, contributing to the better management of waste treatment or setting up and restructuring producers’ organisations.Other measures will concern the protection and development of aquatic fauna and flora, the modernisation and restructuring of fishing ports and landing sites and the improvement of safety within fishing shelters.Measures of collective interest will also extend to the development of new markets, a policy of quality products, pilot projects to t
