17 Sep 2024
On the 13th September, the European Commission proposed a revision of the EU tools designed to address unsustainable fishing practices by non-EU countries on fish stocks of common interest. The announcement stated the revision will “make the current tools more effective and reinforce the good governance and sustainability of our ocean”. The Commission’s proposal is […]
10 Sep 2024
The EU Court of Justice has ruled that key information on how EU fisheries rules are implemented by Member States can remain confidential. This ruling is the last stage of a case ClientEarth brought against the Commission for refusing to grant the NGO access to audit reports detailing failures by France and Denmark to control illegal fishing – […]
03 Sep 2024
A new paper titled “Over 80% of the European Union’s marine protected area only marginally regulates human activities” has assessed how protected marine protected areas (MPAs) really are in the EU. The researchers looked at the level of protection of 4,858 EU MPAs based on the MPA Guide and found that in 2022, MPAs covered […]
13 Aug 2024
The European Commission has submitted the EU’s targets for implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. They are now publicly accessible through the ’Online Reporting Tool’ of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD). The EU targets cover all goals and targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework agreed at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the […]
30 Jul 2024
The Political guidelines for the next European Commission (2024-2029) include commitment to A European Oceans Pact which will “focus on boosting the blue economy and ensuring the good governance and sustainability of our oceans in all of their dimensions”. There is also a commitment to appoint a Fisheries and Oceans Commissioner “tasked with ensuring the […]
30 Jul 2024
The European Commission launched infringement proceedings against five EU Member States for failure to control and enforce the landing obligation – notably against France, Spain (INF_21_4681), the Netherlands, Belgium and Ireland (INF_21_5342) noting that there is a need to help ensure the end of the “extensive, illegal and undocumented discarding of catches in several sea […]
23 Jul 2024
Ireland’s City of Cork will host the 2025 European Maritime Day – the EU’s flagship annual maritime event. Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, made the announcement, saying that it was fitting that the event would take place in Cork which has a long maritime history. Established in 2008, European Maritime Day […]
22 Jul 2024
The European Union will demand access to British fishing waters in return for a closer relationship with Britain, The Telegraph understands. Sir Keir Starmer is pursuing a reset to European relations and last week hosted a summit for European Political Community (EPC) leaders at Blenheim Palace. The Telegraph reports that the EU is said to […]
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