News
March 13, 2014
New EU directive on maritime spatial planning
Last week the Permanent Representatives Committee approved a draft directive establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning, which is aimed at contributing to sustainable growth of maritime economies and the sustainable development of marine areas.
March 10, 2014
EU Member States far from reaching HOPE goals
The HOPE conference aimed to discuss, based on Article 12, the progress made since the adoption of the MSFD. The conclusions from the review is clear - there is a lack of common understanding of what GES really is about, poor level of implementation together with targets that often are weak and non-measurable. Despite Article 12 clear message only a hand full of speakers brought it up as if they been asked not to touch upon these failures.
March 7, 2014
Broad consensus in GAP 2 meeting on the necessity of creating a more including and transparent regional management of EU fish stocks.
Last week the GAP 2* meeting “Putting science into regionalization: Participatory approaches in the new regionalized CFP” was held in Brussels. Main topics discussed were how relevant knowledge can be developed, accessed and deployed in a regional context.
March 6, 2014
ICES launches new strategic plan
ICES new Strategic Plan presents the direction ICES will take over the next five years based on the background of a rapidly changing marine science and policy landscape.
February 21, 2014
Commission review gives Member States a ‘must do better’ report for Marine Strategies
Poor implementation, poor coordination, poor integration. This, in a nutshell, is the Commission’s view of progress in implementing the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) so far. NGOs are dismayed by the low level of ambition most countries take on achieving Good Environmental Status (GES) of their marine waters in 2020, the overarching goal of the Directive.
February 18, 2014
Reminder: Public consultation on the first draft of the new de minimis Regulation close this friday
The European Commission public consultation on the Commission services first draft of the new de minimis Regulation replacing Regulation (EC) No 875/2007 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to de minimis aid in the fisheries sector and amending Regulation (EC) No 1860/2004 closes this Friday.
February 17, 2014
The effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas depend on five key features
According to a new article in Nature are most marine protected areas (MPAs) aren’t doing their jobs to project fish and other aquatic life.
February 11, 2014
New report predicts aquaculture to increase substantially by 2030
New report "Fish to 2030: Prospects for Fisheries and Aquaculture" finds aquaculture to provide close to two thirds of global food fish consumption by 2030 as catches from wild capture fisheries level off and demand from an emerging global middle class, especially in China, substantially increases.
February 4, 2014
Recap from seminar on the new CFP
Last Friday the Swedish House of Europe hosted a seminar on the new EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). It was revealed that the external dimension of the CFP will be a priority for Sweden the coming years.
January 31, 2014
Global trends in fisheries conference notes
Summary from the Global Trends in Fisheries Governance conference aimed at underlining and to discuss important components within fisheries governance.