Rwy’n falch bod y cynigion y cytunwyd arnynt yn y Cyngor Pysgodfeydd yn gosod y fframwaith Aelod-Wladwriaethau allu rheoli eu pysgodfeydd ar sail ecosystem. Rwy’n falch hefyd i’r cytundeb wrthod cynigion y Comisiwn ar gyfer gorfodi trefn masnachu cwotâu fel ffordd o brynu gorgapasati llongau pysgota mwy. Yn hytrach, caiff y penderfyniad i gyflwyno consesiynau pysgota trosglwyddadwy ei adael yn nwylo’r Aelod-Wladwriaethau.  Fy mhryder i yw y gallai trefn fasnachu o’r fath arwain at weld dyrnaid bach o sefydliadau’n prynu ac yn dod yn berchen ar y capasiti pysgota, sy’n dod â budd i’r cyhoedd, a hwythau heb gysylltiad â’n cymunedau arfordirol.
I am pleased that the proposals agreed at the Fisheries Council set the framework for establishing an ecosystem-based approach for Member States to manage their fisheries.  I am also pleased that the agreement rejected the Commission’s proposals for the mandatory commercialisation of quotas to seek to buy out overcapacity in larger fishing vessels.  Instead the decision around the introduction of transferable fishing concessions is to be left to Member States.  My concern is that this commercialisation could lead to fishing effort, which is a public good, being bought out and held by a small number of organisations that have no association with our coastal communities.