Brussels, 05/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - In a space of just five years, the EU has helped triple the number of healthy fish stocks in Europe, says the European Commission in a document published online on 25 April on the Commission's record of achievement in the 2010-2014 period. In the north-east Atlantic, the European Union has helped, “prevent the extinction of significant fish stocks”: overfished stocks have declined considerably from 94% (32 stocks out of 34) in 2005 to 39% (16 stocks out of 41) in 2012. In the Mediterranean and Black Sea, the publication states, “there is still a lot to do but significant progress has been achieved: bluefin tuna, which was threatened with extinction, has returned to sustainable levels”. The Commission welcomes the new common fisheries policy (CFP) that entered into force at the beginning of 2014. (LC)