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EU Social Partners for Sea Fisheries response to public consultation onFishing Vessel Safety Directive

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Worst fears against active bottom mobile fishing gears come true

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Europêche position paper on EU proposal to include blue shark in Appendix II of CITES

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Letter with NGOs on Action Plan on Trade and Sustainable Development Chapters to ensure that Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)

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Dear Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis,

The European Bureau for Conservation and Development (EBCD),’ Europêche, The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana, The Pew Charitable Trusts andWWFl are writing to you today regarding the review launched by the European Commission of the 15-Point Action Plan on Trade and Sustainable Development Chapters to ensure that Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) actually deliver in terms of sustainable development.

In the framework of this review, we call on you to ensure that EU trade and fisheries policies are properly aligned, including in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. One of the provisions mentioned in the Trade and Sustainable Development Chapters concerns the management of living marine resources and aquaculture products.

Under this provision, cooperation in the fight against IUU fishing is emphasised. As enshrined in the Common Fisheries Policy and reiterated in President von der Leyen’s mission letter to Commissioner Sinkevičius, the EU intends to apply a zero-tolerance approach towards IUU fishing. While commendable and, as a principle, fundamental for the preservation of our ocean, concrete actions need to be taken to this effect, including in EU trade policies.

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Social Partners joint resolution on theSITUATION OF FISHERIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

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Letter to Commissioner Sinkevičius on the revision of ATQs Norway Iceland

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Specific vaccination protocol for fishers

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Revision of Union tariff quotas for fishery products originating in Norway and Iceland

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Open letter to EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius

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Revision of the EU-fisheries control system in the context of the European Green Dealand the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030

hosting168367eu — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 20:59:00 +0000

The Commission submitted a proposal for a comprehensive reform of the EU’s fisheries control system (COM(2018)368 final) in order to modernise the current system by using the benefits of the digital transformation to support the ecological transformation. The report adopted by the PECH Committee on 5 February 2021 will be submitted for a plenary vote in view of establishing the EP’s position in trilogues during the March I EP plenary (report AGUILERA).

While the PECH Report is supportive of many important features proposed1, a series of amendments adopted during the vote in the PECH committee raise important concerns in view of the European Green Deal (Biodiversity Strategy), the digital transformation of the EU, social justice and the international credibility of the EU in ocean governance. More concretely, these concerning amendments would lead to a backtracking compared to the current control system on key issues, such as on reporting on the quantities of fish caught.Such underreporting could lead to massive overfishing and thereby undermine the objectives of the EU Biodiversity Strategy. It would also put at risk the credibility of the EU as a global leader on ocean governance and in particular in its zero-tolerance approach towards illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing by third countries (while at the same time, the PECH Report contains amendments to enhance the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in third countries). Furthermore, certain amendments lead to loopholes, which will largely benefit bigger more profitable vessels, at the expense of smaller vessels. As some amendments limit the use of modern technology (such as CCTV cameras) in a control system that is largely still paper-based, the digitial and green transition promoted by the EU Green Deal would not be achieved in the fishing sector. This is also a missed opportunity for innovation and digital know-how and ultimately for the creation of new jobs.

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