While this system worked well when it wassimply a way of allocating fishing possibilitiesbetween the Member States, it is not the bestway to tackle the major conservation challenges which increasingly face the EU.
Agus ba mhinic nár comhlíonadh fiú na rialacháin agus na rialacha sin a bhí i bhfeidhm – i gcásanna áirithe ós rud é go raibh sé ródheacair iad a fhorfheidhmiú, i gcásanna eile ós rud é nach rabhthas toilteanach iad a fhorfheidhmiú.