🎯European Parliament proposals to rise to the🇪🇺 #fisheries sector energy transition challenge: ➡️Renewal schemes ➡️More funding ➡️Energy audits to fishing vessels ➡️Changes to the current legislative framework Rapporteur Ton Diepeveen (PfE, NL) 👉Read more here: link.europa.eu/ftBXBw

📢MEPs will meet next Wednesday to debate 🔹EFCA's work programme 2026 w/@susan-steele.bsky.social 🔹Application into 🇪🇺law of measures adopted by #RFMOs @Thomas Bajada 🔹Report on simplification w/Commissioner Costas Kadis 🔹Fishing quotas for the Mediterranean 2026 🎦Watch live: link.europa.eu/JnHQy8

Yesterday, #EPlenary debated the fishing quotas for 2026 & the challenges 🇪🇺EU fishers face: 🔹depleted stocks 🔹aged fishing fleet 🔹insufficient funding of the sector #EMFAF 🔹difficult working conditions 🔹unstable income 🎦Watch the debate again: www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/v...

📢⚡️At the end of the afternoon, MEPs will debate @europarl.europa.eu: 🎣Fishing opportunities 2026: ensuring the sustainability of the fish populations, marine ecosystems and coastal communities 🎦Watch live: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

‪ 📢 EP policy department published an in-depth analysis on 🔴"Fisheries management in the Baltic Sea - The shift to ecosystem reference points (ERPs)"🐟 👉Full briefing here: www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etud... #Research4Committees

🚨In a 🆕report adopted today @pech.europarl.europa.eu, MEPs are proposing fleet renewal schemes, with national and EU funding and private investor support, for a successful green energy transition🛥️ ➕19 ➖ 3 🟰 3 Rapporteur Ton Diepeveen (PfE, NL) 👉Read more here: link.europa.eu/YkgTF6

🌊 #BalticSea @pech.europarl.europa.eu agenda 🔹Evaluation of the Baltic Sea Multiannual plan Regulation 👉Presentation of study: link.europa.eu/Xdw94M 🔹The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea 👉Consideration of Isabella Lovin's draft report: link.europa.eu/MqXC98 🎦Watch again: link.europa.eu/VbFcj9

Although the #BalticSea multiannual plan helped reduce fishing pressure, it has not succeeded in restoring key stocks above sustainable biomass levels 🔎 link.europa.eu/Kvq4wp  @pech.europarl.europa.eu

At the #GFCMSession, MEPs Thomas Bajada and Nora Junco Garcia followed progress on a new fit-for-purpose compliance scheme that guarantees a level playing field for all fleets in #Mediterranean. @pech.europarl.europa.eu Committee Chair Carmen Crespo Díaz met w/ GFCM Secretary General Miguel Bernal.

🚨Tuesday @pech.europarl.europa.eu 🗳️Decarbonisation and modernisation of EU fisheries Debates 🕙European fisheries and aquaculture statistics 🕓Multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea & ways forward 🕔Evaluation of the Baltic Sea Multiannual plan Regulation 🔴Public Hearing👇 🎦Live link.europa.eu/JnHQy8

🎣MEPs Nora Junco Garcia and Thomas Bajada are in Málaga🇪🇸 for the 48th session of General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean. @pech.europarl.europa.eu participants in #GFCMSession are working for better management of #Mediterranean and #BlackSea #fisheries and #aquaculture.

📢 In-depth analysis on "Women in fisheries🌊 - State of play and progress on gender equity in the EU"🇪🇺 👉Read more here: bit.ly/4nFMbEY Analysis from EP Policy Department #research #Fisheries #EUFisheries #GenderEquality

📢How will the Commission’s proposal for European fisheries and aquaculture statistics regulation address the shortcomings of the current European fisheries statistics framework? 🎣Briefing from @ep-eprs.bsky.social 👉Read more here: link.europa.eu/9FkM4D

🎣MEPs wrapped up their visit to Bay of Biscay. @pech.europarl.europa.eu MEPs met w/ representatives from 👉the fishing🇫🇷🇪🇸, aquaculture and processing sectors & 👉regional and local authorities w/ whom they discussed 🔹the impact of 🇪🇺rules on fisher's work & 🔹the Commission proposal to cut #EMFAF funds

🎣MEPs visiting the Bay of Biscay met with Antton Curutcharry, mayor of Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry 🇫🇷 They also visited the Ispéguy aquaculture farm and fish processing workshop, and spoke to representatives of the fish farming industry

🛥️On their visit to the Bay of Biscay, @pech.europarl.europa.eu MEPs visited the harbour and a fish auction hall in Ciboure. In conversations with local fishermen, representatives and regional authorities from 🇫🇷🇪🇸, they discussed current issues in fisheries management @idoiamendia.bsky.social

🎣Six members from the @pech.europarl.europa.eu, , led by @erics40.bsky.social, will visit the Bay of Biscay, from 27 to 30 October, to learn about the challenges facing French🇫🇷 and Spanish🇪🇸 fishers. 👉More details in EN: link.europa.eu/8XwGK6 👉More details in FR: link.europa.eu/PWqrWc

📢Thursday (9.45-12.30), @pech.europarl.europa.eu debates: 🔹The role of ocean diplomacy for the competitiveness of EU fisheries & aquaculture Rapporteur Željana Zovko (EPP, HR) 🔹Fishing opportunities for the Baltic Sea 2026 🔹Reporting from the mission to Greenland 🔴Watch live: link.europa.eu/kJTnfJ

🎣Recent surveys suggest growing consumer interest in knowing the environmental impact of the fishery products they buy. European Parliament suggests improving labelling, control & standards. 👉Learn more from @ep-eprs.bsky.social ⤵️ 🔗https://link.europa.eu/QRXvh8

Wednesday, @europarl.europa.eu confirmed tuna fisheries protocol between EU and Côte d’Ivoire: 32 🇪🇺 vessels can continue to fish tuna in 🇨🇮 waters, up to 6,100 tonnes per year until 2029, following Parliament’s vote ➕520 ➖ 97 🟰 12 Rapporteur Ton Diepeveen (PfE, NL) Details ⤵️ link.europa.eu/vVmpyT

🗳️Parliament confirms tuna fisheries protocol between EU and Côte d’Ivoire 32 🇪🇺 vessels can continue to fish tuna in 🇨🇮’s waters, up to 6,100 tonnes per year until 2029, following @europarl.europa.eu vote (+ 520/ - 97/ = 12) Rapporteur Ton Diepeveen (PfE, NL) 👉Read more here: link.europa.eu/vVmpyT

"Greenland needs the European Union, and the European Union needs Greenland." 🇬🇱🤝🇪🇺 Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen spoke at the European Parliament today, emphasising the potential of broader and stronger cooperation with the EU. Read more: link.europa.eu/wwffTf

🚨Starting at 14.30, hearing @pech.europarl.europa.eu "Contribution of EU fisheries and aquaculture to food security and healthy diets in the context of climate change adaptation" 👉Programme: bit.ly/3Vrm09h 👉Watch live: bit.ly/46GFkVk Moderators: Francisco Millán Mon and @nicogcasares.bsky.social

🚨📢Tomorrow, @pech.europarl.europa.eu 🔹European Ocean Pact w/ Commissioner Costas Kadis 🔹Funding of fisheries policies under the next MFF 🇪🇺🇮🇸EU-Iceland memorandum of understanding 🔹2025 Review of the State of World Marine Fishery Resources 🗒️ Agenda: link.europa.eu/qvmcwP 🎥Live: bit.ly/3JT8CG1

📢Last day in Greenland! @pech.europarl.europa.eu MEPs concluded their mission to assess the impact of the 🇪🇺-🇬🇱 sustainable fisheries agreement which included meetings with 🔹Greenlandic administration 🔹private companies 🔹fishermen associations and professional organisations

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