The EU's fishing fleet engages in extensive fishing activities in the Exclusive Economic Zones of non‐EU countries as well as in areas beyond national jurisdiction. These activities are regulated by an external dimension in the EU's Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). We review the relationship between the CFP, including regulations for the Sustainable Management of External Fishing Fleets (SMEFF) and the role of Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs) and Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs), and the internationally agreed aims and definitions of sustainability provided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDG that most directly relates to fish and fisheries is goal 14, to "conserve and sustainably use the oceans." This paper, however, focuses on relationships between the CFP and SDGs that target social and economic dimensions, including those aiming to eliminate poverty (1) and hunger (2), improve health (3), provide decent work and economic growth (8), and achieve gender equality (5) and peaceful institutions (16). We identify several areas where the EU's external fishing fleet interacts with different facets of those goals, and suggest some important improvements that can be made to support the development of the EU’s external fleet into a contributor, rather than counterforce, to sustainable development in line with commitments under Agenda 2030. We provide a first and broad overview of an important area for future interdisciplinary research. We conclude by identifying specific questions that can provide starting points for further in‐depth analyses of the sustainability of EU fishing activities in external waters.

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欧盟在欧洲水域以外的捕鱼活动和可持续发展目标

欧盟的捕鱼船队在非欧盟国家的专属经济区以及国家管辖范围以外的地区从事广泛的捕鱼活动。这些活动受欧盟共同渔业政策（CFP）外部因素的约束。我们审查了CFP（包括外部捕捞船队可持续管理法规（SMEFF）和可持续渔业伙伴关系协议（SFPA）和区域渔业管理组织（RFMO）的作用）与国际公认的可持续性目标和定义之间的关系由联合国可持续发展目标（SDG）提供。与鱼类和渔业最直接相关的可持续发展目标是目标14，即“保护和可持续利用海洋”。但是，本文 侧重于针对社会和经济层面的CFP与SDG之间的关系，包括旨在消除贫困（1）和饥饿（2），改善健康（3），提供体面劳动和经济增长（8）以及实现性别平等的关系（5）和和平机构（16）。我们确定了欧盟外部捕捞船队与这些目标的不同方面相互作用的几个领域，并提出了一些重要的改进措施，以支持欧盟外部捕捞船队发展成为对可持续发展的贡献者，而不是反其道而行之， 《 2030年议程》中的承诺。我们对未来的跨学科研究提供了重要的领域的初步概述。