Block exemption regulations aim to simplify aid granting procedures for Member States by authorising without prior notification a range of measures fulfilling horizontal common interest objectives.
Client Earth looks closer a the provisions of the Common Fisheries Policy dealing with Advisory Councils, explaining when they must be consulted, and what the process should involve.
From today and onwards Europeans will be eating fish from outside their own waters.
Yesterday Alain Cadec (EPP) was elected as the new Chair of the Committee on Fisheries. The Committee also elected its vice-chairs Isabella Lövin (Greens/EFA), Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa (EPP), Werner Kuhn (EPP) and Renata Briano (S&D).
FISH has in collaboration with a wide network of international and national NGOS, under lead by Seas At Risk, produced a joint NGO paper on priorities for the MSFD programmes of measures.
The current Professional Secretary at the HELCOM Secretariat, Mikhail Durkin will as of today step down from his position after serving the secretariat for over six and a half years.
To date, efforts to develop a multispecies management plan for the Baltic have been too focused on maximising overall catch volumes, largely ignoring ecosystem aspects and EU environmental legislation.
Earlier this week, the Baltic Sea Advisory Council met in Copenhagen to discuss – among other things – TACs and quotas for 2015 in light of the ICES advice, as well as future long-term multispecies management.
The European Commission has published its annual Communication on Fishing Opportunities, announcing their initial plans for next year´s fishing quotas in the EU. The Communication revealed an alarming sate of fish stocks in European Waters.
Facts and figures on the Common Fisheries Policy is based on basic statistical data, describing the fisheries and aquaculture sector in figures.