Julia Hoffmann

In order to prevent the overfishing in EU-waters the EU implemented the Common Fishery Policy (CFP). Although the CFP tried to solve the overfishing problem for over 40 years now there has not been any remarkable success. The problem in environmental politics is that the regulations in the passed laws often differ strongly from the scientific recommendations. This discrepancy leads to an inefficient and ineffective policy. The persistent failure of the CFP is puzzling because the European Commission is well aware of the problem. The dissertation project shall provide answers to this puzzle from the point of view of political economy and develop proposals for modifying the institutional set-up for a more successful future CFP.