Although the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) has been serving well the industry in general, future policy should be developed in such a way to avoid failings in the CFP such as over-centralisation and the failure to take account of the regional diversity of the European waters.
Eiropas Parlaments savu viedokli pauda ziņojumā 2007.gada 12. jūlijā, un 2007. gada 14. decembra Eiropadomes sanāksmē politiku apstiprināja valstu un valdību vadītāji.