News

August 5, 2014

Public consultation: Second draft of the new Block Exemption Regulation

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.


July 11, 2014

Advisory Councils and the new Common Fisheries Policy

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.


July 11, 2014

EU out of fish for 2014

From today and onwards Europeans will be eating fish from outside their own waters.


July 8, 2014

New Chair of the Committee on Fisheries

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).


July 7, 2014

NGO priorities for the MSFD programmes of measures

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.


July 1, 2014

HELCOM Secretariat appoints new Professional Secretary

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.


June 30, 2014

CCB/FISH on key aspects for multi-species management in the Baltic Sea

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.


June 27, 2014

Quotas and multispecies management at BSAC agenda

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.


June 26, 2014

Is it time to end overfishing?

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.


June 25, 2014

New booklet: Facts and figures on the CFP

Facts and figures on the Common Fisheries Policy is based on basic statistical data, describing the fisheries and aquaculture sector in figures.