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Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting

An orientation debate will take place on the reform of the Basic Regulation, with a focus on the proposed discard ban. The Common Market Organisation and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund will also be discussed.

Fisheries Committee (PECH) meeting, European Parliament

The meeting will feature rapporteur Struan Stevenson (ECR, UK) presenting his draft report on the Common Market Organisation. There will also be presentations of two initiative reports. Isabella Lövin (Greens/EFA, SE) on the external dimension of the CFP and Carl Haglund (ALDE, FI) on the reporting obligations under Regulation 2371/2002 (conservation and sustainable management of … Continued

Fish Dependence Day – Spain

Fish Dependence is the day on which imports have to be relied upon because national catches would have run out if only home-caught fish had been eaten since 1 January. Despite having by far the largest fleet in the EU, Spain relies on imports for over 7 months per year to satisfy domestic demand for … Continued

Fish Dependence Day – Germany

Fish Dependence is the day on which imports have to be relied upon because national catches would have run out if only home-caught fish had been eaten since 1 January. Germany relies on imports for over 8 months per year, to satisfy domestic demand for fish products. An NGO event will take place, to highlight … Continued

3rd Annual Forum on the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

The 3rd Annual forum on the EUSBSR will be held together with the 14th Summit of the Baltic Development Forum in Copenhagen on 17-19 June, in close cooperation with the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The working title for this year’s event is “Connecting Europe. Smart and Green Partnerships in the Baltic … Continued

Restoring ecological balance as a priority for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy

The Seminar ‘Restoring ecological balance as a priority for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy’ is organized by the Polish Parliamentary Group on Maritime Economy, and OCEAN2012 Coalition.  It will take place in Warsaw, Poland at the New Parliamentary House, Polish Parliament (Sejm). Seminar lectures will be presented by renowned scientists: Dr. Reiner Froese from Helmholth … Continued

Aquaculture in the reform of the CFP

On Wednesday 7th March, between 12:00 – 14:30 aquaculture in the reform of the CFP will be discussed. The meeting will take place in Room A5G2 in the European Parliament, Brussels. In their proposals for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, the Commission have proposed large new subsidies for an expansion of the European aquaculture … Continued

The new EMFF in the view of the CFP reform

The EPP Group  will host a public hearing on the 7th March from 15:00-18:30 in Room JAN 6Q2 in the European Parliament. ·         On March 7th the EPP Group hosts a public Hearing in the European Parliament on “The new EMFF in the view of the CFP reform”.