Fisheries

Fisheries, CFP, Video

The only hope for Europe’s fisheries is Martin Selmayr

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After reading ‘Fisheries: implementation and enforcement of the EU landing obligation. House of Lords – European Union Committee. 8 February 2019’, the only hope for Europe’s fisheries is Martin Selmayr. I have spent many years working (intermediately) on fisheries. Sadly, every time I dip back in, not much has changed. Just ignore the lawI took advantage … Read more

Overfishing will soon be a thing of the past

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We can end overfishing sooner than I ever thought. Today, I met some people who have the power to end overfishing of our oceans. Fish farming – aquaculture – has been quietly but surely replacing wild caught fish in the diets of our lives. When I started in fisheries policy in the 1990s, fish farming … Read more

Britain’s fishermen fooled themselves

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Britain’s fishermen think they have been sold out by the British government over the Brexit deal. The only fooled themselves. They believed what their leaders were selling them.   The Economist soberly notes : “Mrs May is bound to accept the transition … She has no choice. Fishing is too small an industry to jeopoatise … Read more

President Juncker’s Political Guidelines Being Ignored by the Commission

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President Juncker’s Political Guidelines are  being ignored before the 29 May cut off for new  legislative proposals. Core to the President’s Political Guidelines is the idea of ‘political discontinuity’. As the Commission wrote back in 16 December 2014: “What is political discontinuity? The principle of political discontinuity applies at the start of a new political … Read more