The objectives of the CFP are, inter alia, to ensure that fishing and aquaculture are environmentally sustainable in the long term, to apply the precautionary approach to fisheries management and to implement the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management.
Is iad cuspóirí CBI, inter alia, a áirithiú gurb inbhuanaithe iad iascaireacht agus dobharshaothrú san fhadtéarma ó thaobh an chomhshaoil de, an cur chuige réamhchúraim i leith bainistiú iascaigh a chur i bhfeidhm, agus an cur chuige bunaithe ar éiceachórais i leith bainistiú iascaigh a chur chun feidhme.