The purpose of the plan is to contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the common fisheries policy and, in particular, to ensure that the exploitation of living marine biological resources restores and maintains populations of harvested species above levels which can produce maximum sustainable yield (MSY).
Is é is cuspóir don phlean rannchuidiú le cuspóirí an chomhbheartais iascaigh a bhaint amach agus, go háirithe, a áirithiú go ndéanfaidh saothrú bheo-acmhainní bitheolaíocha na mara líon na speiceas saothraithe a athbhunú agus a chothabháil os cionn leibhéil is féidir uastáirgeacht inbhuanaithe (UTI) a tháirgeadh.