Fisheries

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The EU and IUU Made Simple

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My colleague, Sophie Norman, prepared this helpful document that explains how the EU targets countries with serious illegal fishing problems.   On 24 March the Fishing Council’s support of the Commissiom blacklisting of Belize, Cambodia, and Guinea came into effect. You can find the decision here I sense a group of countries  were not taking … Read more

The EP’s New Fisheries Committee – What Will It Look Like

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The new European Parliament will see re-elected and new MEPs go to work in their new offices on 30 June. The membership of the new Committees, and I presume the Fisheries Committee will remain in existence in this Parliament, will be know around 7 July. A look at the full and substitute membership  of the … Read more

What next for the new Fisheries Commissioner?

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By November 2014 a new Fisheries Commissioner should be confirmed in office. She/he will be taking on one of the more thankless and toughest jobs the EU has to offer.Already, the handover briefings for the next Commissioner are being briefed. A simple question is what should the new Commissioner focus on? What Can A Commissioner … Read more

EU Takes On Fishing Pirates

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Yesterday, EU member states fishing ministers backed the European Commission in their efforts against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. Agreement was absolute to support the fight against perceived widespread abuses. Read More here from undercurrent news Belize, Cambodia, and Guinea have all been blacklisted. Fish caught by their fleet or from their waters will no … Read more