<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"Experience shows that it is becoming increasingly difficult to renew fisheries agreements with the countries with which the Community authorities traditionally concluded such agreements. There is a clear need to look for innovative ways of guaranteeing the traditional livelihood of thousands of Community fishermen whose only means of subsistence is fishing.  The possibility should therefore be considered of investigating which third countries grant their nationals fishing licences, so that fisheries agreements can be concluded on a case-by-case basis with foreign fishing companies to allow their abundant fishery resources to be exploited.  Does the Commission therefore think that it should set up — for the sake of the Community fishing companies concerned — a service to investigate, and identify, countries which grant licences to their nationals, with a view to establishing joint ventures with foreign fishing companies so that Community fishing companies always have the opportunity to fish via these joint ventures, thereby avoiding the tense wait, while they are not working, for the renewal of fisheries agreements which are increasingly difficult to conclude?"
Analyze carefully the text and assign it to the most relevant policy area among those listed below. Do not explain your answer and return only a number.
Policy area numbers: 1 = Macroeconomics
2 = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties
3 = Health
4 = Agriculture and Fisheries
5 = Labour, employment and pensions
6 = Education
7 = Environment
8 = Energy
9 = Immigration
10 = Transportation
12 = Law and Crime
13 = Social welfare
14 = Regional and Urban issues and Planning
15 = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues
16 = Defence
17 = Space, science, technology, and communications issues
18 = Foreign trade
19 = International affairs and foreign aid
20 = Governance and government
21 = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues
23 = Culture and media
[/INST]. Answer = [4]. </s>
Experience shows that it is becoming increasingly difficult to renew fisheries agreements with the countries with which the Community authorities traditionally concluded such agreements. There is a clear need to look for innovative ways of guaranteeing the traditional livelihood of thousands of Community fishermen whose only means of subsistence is fishing.  The possibility should therefore be considered of investigating which third countries grant their nationals fishing licences, so that fisheries agreements can be concluded on a case-by-case basis with foreign fishing companies to allow their abundant fishery resources to be exploited.  Does the Commission therefore think that it should set up — for the sake of the Community fishing companies concerned — a service to investigate, and identify, countries which grant licences to their nationals, with a view to establishing joint ventures with foreign fishing companies so that Community fishing companies always have the opportunity to fish via these joint ventures, thereby avoiding the tense wait, while they are not working, for the renewal of fisheries agreements which are increasingly difficult to conclude?