Yesterday Alain Cadec (EPP) was elected as the new Chair of the Committee on Fisheries (PECH).
The Committee also elected its vice-chairs Isabella Lövin (Greens/EFA), Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa (EPP), Werner Kuhn (EPP) and Renata Briano (S&D). Together, the Chair and vice-chairs make up the Bureau of the Committee, elected for a two-and-a-half year term.
The Committee on Fisheries is responsible for:
1. the operation and development of the common fisheries policy and its management;
2. the conservation of fishery resources, the management of fisheries and fleets exploiting such resources and marine and applied fisheries research;
3. the common organisation of the market in fishery and aquaculture products and the processing and marketing thereof;
4. structural policy in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors, including the financial instruments and funds for fisheries guidance to support these sectors;
5. the integrated maritime policy as regards fishing activities;
6. sustainable fisheries partnership agreements, regional fisheries organisations and the implementation of international obligations in the field of fisheries.