The Commission's Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture adopted in 2009, which was welcomed and endorsed by the Council and welcomed by the European Parliament, noted the need for the creation and promotion of a level-playing field for aquaculture as the basis for its sustainable development.
I Straitéis an Choimisiúin um Fhorbairt Inbhuanaithe Dhobharshaothrú na hEorpa a glacadh in 2009, doiciméad a d'fhormhuinigh an Chomhairle, ar fháiltigh sí roimhe agus ar fháiltigh Parlaimint na hEorpa roimhe, meabhraíodh gur gá cothroime iomaíochta a chruthú agus a chur chun cinn maidir le dobharshaothrú agus é sin a chur chun cinn mar bhonn taca faoi fhorbairt inbhuanaithe an dobharshaothraithe.