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.