01358nas a2200109   4500008004100000245008800041210006900129260001200198520095100210100001801161856006901179       2014                        eng d00aBlue growth strategy of the EU – a real chance for a sustainable use of the seas?0 aBlue growth strategy of the EU a real chance for a sustainable u  aLeipzig3 aThe aim of the paper is to show that the Blue Growth strategy of the European Union again ignores the fact that ongoing increase in economic activity is not possible while decreasing negative impacts on ecosystems and preserving the natural environment. The strategy again is not defining ways to cope with limits to resource availability, the necessity to reduce negative external effects on ecosystems and the limited capacity of sinks. Therefore, this strategy will in the long term only lead to more degraded ecosystems. Nevertheless, the change in fisheries management in the European Union over the last 10 years is a good example for the possibility for a sustainable use of a renewable resource. More and more stocks are harvested sustainably. However, at a certain stage an increase in harvest will not be possible anymore and some kind of steady state achieved. Key words: Blue growth, limits to growth, resource availability, fisheries1 aDöring, Ralf  uhttps://degrowth.community/conference2014/scientific-papers/3713