According to the draft report by Maria do Céu Patrão Neves (EPP, PT), the new European fisheries policy should "take account of a multitude of dimensions – social, environmental and economic" - without a hierarchy among them.
Viens no sarežģītākajiem uzdevumiem ir atrast pareizo līdzsvaru starp vides, sociālajiem un ekonomiskajiem apsvērumiem.