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The Common Agricultural Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy - Mind Map

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Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

  • Aims
    • Secure Food Supplies
    • Expand output
    • Increase Productivity
    • Stabilise Prices
    • Secure Farm Incomes
  • Problems
    • Inefficiency in some markets
    • Over Production
    • Cost
    • Friction with other trading nations
  • Reforms
    • Reduce Subsidies
    • Cut output: set aside/reduce quotas
    • Encourage Diversification
    • Payments for environmentally efficient methods of farming

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)

  • Aims
    • Maintain marine ecosystems
    • Generate sustainable industry
    • Protect stakeholders in fishing industry
    • Protect fish stocks
  • Problems
    • Over-fishing
    • Lack of property rights
    • Dwindling fish stocks
    • Damage to communities
    • Clarification of numbers
    • What size quotas?
  • Reforms
    • Quotas
    • Payments to leave the industry
    • Banning fishing for some species
    • Focus on long term sustainability
    • Reduce waste
    • Encourage bio-diversity