Management measures, including the fixing of fishing opportunities for target and by-catch species in mixed species fisheries, area and seasonal closures, and the use of selective gears, shall be designed and established to avoid, minimise and eliminate by- catch of deep-sea species and to ensure the long-term sustainability of all species adversely affected by the fishery.

Management measures, including the fixing of fishing opportunities for target and by-catch species in mixed species fisheries, area and seasonal closures, and the use of selective gears, shall be designed and established to avoid, minimise and eliminate by- catch of deep-sea species and to ensure the long-term sustainability of all species adversely affected by the fishery.

There is now an obvious need to continue to build upon the successes of this program and to develop a multi-year, multi-species program to support the development of new and emerging fisheries in Nunavut.

Whereas with a view to effective conservation, the rates of exploitation of certain resources should be limited and may be fixed on an annual or, where appropriate, multiannual basis and/or on a multispecies basis; whereas the aforementioned decisions have important effects on the economic and social development of those regions of the Member States where fishing is an important industry and such decisions should therefore be taken by the Council on a proposal from the Commission;

Reducing excess capacity and improving the planning of fishing activities will reduce current overinvestment and economic inefficiency; - establishing a new classification of fishing activities (with multiannual, multispecies or analytical TACs where necessary) whose limits are defined by the existing rights and the socio-economic conditions characterizing each fishery; - developing strengthened control mechanisms employing modern location and communication techniques in order to monitor vessel movements and inform the competent authorities and at the same time guarantee coordination of the information obtained; - guaranteeing complia ...[+++]nce with rules protecting the common interest, by providing economic incentives for fishermen's "good behaviour" (use of selective fishing gear, compliance with norms) and deterrent penalties at Community level (penalty quotas, withdrawal of licences, non-grant of aid, etc); - strengthening the management of fishery structures, by segmenting the fishing fleet, taking into account new parameters allowing the evaluation and control of fishing effort, and by integrating the structural measures into the reform of the structural Funds; - improving the synergy between the management of internal and external resources, market management and other supply sources.

To conclude the pros and cons of various tools such as the management of fishing effort, consideration is then given to the multispecies and multiannual approaches.