Cod still in crisis despite fisheries reform, says WWFThe reformed EU common fisheries policy (CFP 1. CFP - Constraint Functional Programming. 2. CFP - Communicating Functional Processes. 3. CFP - Call For Papers (for a conference). ) is failing to prevent overfishing Overfishing occurs when fishing activities reduce fish stocks below an acceptable level. This can occur in any body of water from a pond to the oceans. More precise biological and bioeconomic terms define 'acceptable level'. five years after it was implemented, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a damning midterm report from the environmental charity WWF See Windows Workflow Foundation. . The assessment, which examines the progress of the reformed policy halfway through its mandate, found that it is failing in its primary purpose "to achieve the sustainable management of European fish stocks". The report was undertaken by the Marine Resources Assessment Group. It shows that the majority of European fisheries are not being properly managed, that scientific advice is too often ignored, and that contentious quotas agreed by the European fisheries ministers to divide up annual catch allowances between national fishing fleets have largely been set above sustainable limits. "It is clear that the problems related to the annual quota-setting have not been eliminated since the reformed common fisheries policy was introduced," said Helen McLachlan, WWF senior marine policy officer. She said it raised serious questions about whether the functioning of the CFP was "fit for purpose". WWF argues that the necessary reductions in quotas for cod have not gone ahead. In 2006, the reduction for the North Sea quota was only 12%, compared to the required 16%. In the Kattegat Sea, between Sweden and Denmark, there was only a 27% reduction when 51% was thought appropriate. As a result, none of the cod stocks appear to be showing signs of improvement compared to 2002, says the charity. "An important commitment was made in 2001 to implement an ecosystem approach The Ecosystem Approach is considered one of the most important principles of sustainable environmental management. The Sixth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity defined the Ecosystem Approach in Decision V/6, Annex A, section 1 as ‘a to fisheries management Fisheries management is today often referred to as a governmental system of management rules based on defined objectives and a mix of management means to implement the rules, which is put in place by a system of monitoring control and surveillance (MCS). ," said McLachlan. "While some progress is being made, member states and the commission have been slow to fulfil this commitment." WWF wants the sustainable management of fish to be managed within a wider marine portfolio. It has been campaigning for a UK Marine Act that would protect marine wildlife and the marine ecosystem Marine ecosystems are part of the earth's aquatic ecosystem. They include oceans, estuaries, salt marshes, lagoons, some tropical ecosystems, such as mangrove forests and coral reefs, rocky, subtidal ecosystems, and shores. . Less that 1% of our seabed is afforded high levels of protection. The report comes just ahead of the start of haggling over the size of next year's quota. In 2004 a review of the system showed that in the 1980s ministers routinely exceeded the advised quota limits by 20%, rising to an average of 40% by the end of the century. 
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