📢🌊Members @pech.europarl.europa.eu ask the @ec.europa.eu to - assess and possibly revise its #Baltic multiannual plan - a new risk management approach - TACs should be aligned with precautionary approach 🗣️Rapporteur Isabella Lövin (Greens/EFA, SE) 👉Read the press release: link.europa.eu/4g647b

The Baltic Sea multiannual plan is a fisheries management plan that helped reduce fishing pressure, but restoring key stocks above sustainable biomass levels remains challenging. Our EPRS study provides an implementation assessment of the plan 👉 link.europa.eu/Kvq4wp @pech.europarl.europa.eu

📢👏[email protected] welcomes the activation of Article 26(2) of the #EMFAF by the @ec.europa.eu to address rising fuel costs through crisis support measures. 🎦Watch the video of the debate with DG Mare this morning multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

📢MEPs @pech.europarl.europa.eu call for a more balanced use of the maritime space & ask for improvements to ensure safety for fishers and the health of maritime ecosystems. 🗣️Maritime Spatial Planning Directive raporteur @syoncourtin.bsky.social (Renew, FR) 👉Press release: link.europa.eu/Tt7fyq

📢This morning @pech.europarl.europa.eu: MEPs gave 🟢 to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the 🇸🇹Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe & the 🇪🇺EU for 2025–2029. ➕23 ➖ 3 🟰 1 🗣️Rapporteur Nora Junco García (ECR, ES) Draft recommendation: www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...

📢MEPs @pech.europarl.europa.eu validated the protocol on the implementation of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the 🇪🇺EU & the 🇨🇰Cook Islands for 2025-2032. ➕21 ➖ 6 🟰 0 🗣️Rapporteur Oihane Agirregoitia (Renew, ES) Draft recommendation: www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...

📢This afternoon, @pech.europarl.europa.eu MEPs discussed: 🕑The fight against cross-border illegal fishing in the Mediterranean 🕒Implementation of the EU Eel Regulation 1100/2007 🕓New generation of sustainable fisheries partnership agreements Watch the video of the debates👇 link.europa.eu/rv4rT3

📢MEPs @pech.europarl.europa.eu and @envi.europarl.europa.eu voted unanimously! 🐢"Empowering 🇫🇷 to accede to the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles" 🗳️96 to Melissa Camara (Greens, FR) and @PierMaran's (S&D, IT) report 🗳️92 to start negotiations w/ Council

🚨The EU fishing fleet is suffering the impact of the conflict in the Middle East due to rising fuel costs. The chair of the Committee on Fisheries Carmen Crespo Díaz (EPP, ES) asked the @ec.europa.eu to activate the EU’s crisis framework. Read the statement here👇 link.europa.eu/FY4j3H

MEPs @pech.europarl.europa.eu debated 🔹Fisheries agreement with Cook Islands🇨🇰, rapporteur MEP Oihane Agirregoitia (Renew. ES) 🔹Support of #CFP, #EUOceanPact, marine and #aquaculture policy as part of the #NRP fund, #MFF, rapporteur MEP Niclas Herbst (EPP, DE) Watch live👇 link.europa.eu/b7Tjh7

On Tuesday, @pech.europarl.europa.eu MEPs elected Paulo do Nascimento Cabral (EPP, PT) first vice-chair by acclamation. 🎦Follow the meeting live: link.europa.eu/JDq7dp

🚨Tuesday, @pech.europarl.europa.eu MEPs will debate 🔹Cormorant management w/ Ian Cowx and Raymon van Anrooy #EIFAAC @fao.org 🔹Agreement w/ Cook Islands🇨🇰, rap. Oihane Agirregoitia (Renew, ES) 🔹#CFP, #EUOceanPact and #aquaculture as part of #NRPP fund 2028-2034 Highlights⤵️ link.europa.eu/PNMwXV

📢This plenary @europarl.europa.eu called for action to tackle marine invasive alien species🪼 ➕528/➖21/ 🟰62 🔹🇪🇺 @ec.europa.eu , EU countries & #fishers should join forces to protect sensitive species 🗣️Rapporteur André Franqueira Rodrigues (S&D, PT) More in the press release👇 link.europa.eu/QVybq7

🌊 Will 2026 be the year of action for the #oceans? Commission President just announced the #OceanEye initiative. What else to expect this year? Read Chapter 9 of 10 issues to watch in 2026 👉 link.europa.eu/rVgvkY @anjahazekamp.bsky.social @melissacamara.bsky.social @emma-fourreau.bsky.social

⚓ Commission published the EU industrial maritime strategy yesterday. 🌊 The #OceanEye initiative was announced on Monday. Read more on the blue economy and the European #ocean pact 👉 link.europa.eu/DPrkMn @anjahazekamp.bsky.social @melissacamara.bsky.social @emma-fourreau.bsky.social

🚨Last week, @pech.europarl.europa.eu MEPs called for an increase of the budget in #MFF 2028-2034: a ring-fenced €7.5 billion to ensure ➡food safety ➡️competitiveness of the sector ➡️quality jobs ➕21 /➖ 3 /🟰 2 🗣️Rapporteur Bert-Jan Ruissen (ECR, NL) Read the PECH opinion👇 link.europa.eu/vGNQ49

📢 In 15 minutes @pech.europarl.europa.eu : 🔹"Assessing the impact of seafood imports on EU self-sufficiency" Presentation of the study: bit.ly/759-344 🔹Implementation of the Fisheries Control Regulation– provisions recently entered into force 🎦Video: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

🪝Ocean diplomacy should be at the core of the EU foreign policy, say @pech.europarl.europa.eu MEPs. 🌊Željana Zovko's (EPP, HR) initiative report on "the role of ocean diplomacy for the competitiveness of EU fisheries and aquaculture" just approved: ➕18 ➖4 🟰4 Read more here👇 link.europa.eu/dMQQqT

Wednesday @pech.europarl.europa.eu: 🗳️Implementation into EU law of measures adopted by several RFMOs 🗣️European fisheries and aquaculture statistics, draft report @S_Arnaoutoglou 🎣Debate on the implementation of the Fisheries Control Regulation Highlights👇 link.europa.eu/4rgwkY

Full day at the Fishing Port North, Victoria🇸🇨! MEPs @emmawiesner.bsky.social, @pacomilla.bsky.social, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Sakis Arnaoutoglou and Siegbert Droese visited purse seiners, a tuna cannery, a weighing operator and a cold storage facility. #SFPAs, #sustainablefisheries, #IOTC

🌊On the first day in Victoria, @pech.europarl.europa.eu delegation met w/ the President of Seychelles Dr. Patrick Herminie, the Speaker of Seychelles National Assembly, the Minister of #Fisheries & #BlueEconomy & members of the International Affairs Committee. #SFPAs, #IOTC, #sustainablefisheries

📢From 17 to 19 February, @pech.europarl.europa.eu MEPs are in Victoria🇸🇨 to discuss 🔹progress made towards more sustainable fishing within the #SFPA 🇪🇺-🇸🇨 🔹fisheries control and data collection 🔹fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing 👉Read more here: link.europa.eu/7VpKm3

🚨Tuesday, @pech.europarl.europa.eu meeting: 🗳️Approaches for safeguarding sensitive species 🇨🇾Priorities of the Cyprus Presidency 🌊Implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive @syoncourtin.bsky.social ➡️Presentation of the study: link.europa.eu/x3YRk6 Details⤵️ link.europa.eu/y67bpn

🎯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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