I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
Fisheries, CFP, Video
Yesterday, 23 March, 2020,the European Court of Auditors outlined their findings on Europe’s marine environment. If you want to get a good idea of what happens when EU policies go wrong, have a look at fisheries and the marine environment policies. Europe has a policy on the marine environment. We even have laws in place … Read more
I have just looked through a new report from Baltic Sea 2020 (link). They looked at how much the large scale Baltic sea fisheries brought into the Swedish government’s finance ministry. The numbers will sober up the most interventionist fishing minister. English Summary Summary of government finance costs and revenues from large-scale Baltic fisheries, … Read more
On 20 May, the European Commission published a new Biodiversity Strategy [link]. In it, they mention the fisheries a few times: 1. Marine resources must be harvested sustainably and there must be zero-tolerance for illegal practices. In this regard, the full implementation of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the … Read more
This morning I learned the Fisheries Committee received the list of the scientific advice back in December 2019. From this, you can start to work out how often fisheries ministers and the Commission followed the advice of scientists. Source EP link and Council text Name Area ICES Advice Catches corresp. to advice (tonnes) Commission … Read more