SITUATION AND PERSPECTIVES OF POLISH FISHERY ECONOMY (2004–2013)

Abstract

The study aims at brief characterizing Poland’s fisheries economy in the period 2004–2007. Then, general provisions of Fisheries Development National Strategy (NFDS) and Operational Programme (OP) „Sustainable development of fisheries sector and coastal fisheries areas” 2007–2013 in regards to the Common Fisheries Policy EU as well as ecosystem approach towards fisheries economy are presented. Unfortunately, priorities in the NFDS and priorities in the PO are differently named, and it is difficult to make any comparisons. For the first time, however, there is a tendency for the local context of fisherry development to strengthen and the OP contains a new ecosystem approach. The priority concerning the sustainable development of areas that are dependent on fisheries appears. It doesn’t seem possible to reverse the negative tendencies in Poland’s fish catches as well as diminishing dependence of fish processing on imported raw materials till 2013. However, a natural environment (fish habitat) can be improved as well as fish sector competitiveness, the last one mainly due to investments improving quality of raw materials and fish products.