Beløbet skal gives som supplerende hjælp til medlemsstaternes nuværende forpligtelser for så vidt muligt at afhjælpe de økonomiske og sociale konsekvenser af EU's beslutning om fiskeriforvaltning. ###>This amount would be in addition to Member States' commitments, constituting a fund to help offset the widest possible range of economic and social consequences that the European Union fisheries management decision will inflict.