Sustainable promotion of fisheries management

The audit examines whether the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the fisheries authorities – based within the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centres) and operating under the Ministry – have effectively promoted sustainable fisheries management. In addition, the audit examines whether the government authorities, through their steering, have sought to ensure the best possible conditions for cost-effective use of state funds for this purpose. In recent years, the appropriations allocated to fisheries management in the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry have totalled more than EUR 40–50 million annually.