Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
The Common Fisheries Policy has come a long way since its creation in 1982 – or indeed, since the first instruments of European fisheries policy were established in the early 1970s. What began as a set of tools to preserve traditional fishing patterns and defuse tension between a handful of nations is now a complex legal and scientific framework, which seeks to protect a natural resource whose finite, though renewable, nature can no longer be ignored.
Next to it, a new Maritime Policy seeks to respond in an integrated manner to all the challenges that European seas face today: from pollution to environment protection, from coastal development to job creation, from border control to surveillance and so on.
The Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (also known in short as DG MARE) is the Commission department responsible for the implementation of the Common Fisheries policy and of the Integrated Maritime Policy. With a staff of about 400, led by Director-General Lowri Evans and based in Brussels, DG MARE is made up of 6 Directorates dealing with all aspects of both policies, including among others conservation, control, market measures, structural actions and international relations relating to fisheries. DG MARE reports to Maria Damanaki, Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.
To find out more about the objectives and principles of these policies, please read the Mission Statement on this website. The thematic websites on Maritime Affairs and Fisheries contain a wealth of information on DG MARE's day-to-day activities, as does Commissioner Damanaki's website.
News
| 07/02/2012 | |
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Fisheries: catch limits agreed for jack mackerel in the South Pacific
The European Commission is generally satisfied with the outcome of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) Third Preparatory Conference, which just ended in Santiago, Chile. |
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| 06/02/2012 | |
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New Protocol to Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Greenland
The EU and Greenland reached agreement today on a new Protocol to implement the EU/Greenland Fisheries Partnership Agreement. This Protocol will enter into force on 1 January 2013 and will be valid for a period of 3 years. |
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| 24/01/2012 | |
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Adriatic Ionian: First Stakeholders' Workshop on Maritime Affairs
On 14 February, Athens will host the 1st Stakeholders' Workshop on Adriatic-Ionian Maritime Affairs. The Stakeholders will present their proposals on how to enhance benefits from maritime activities on employment, sustainable growth, accessibility and better quality of life. The workshop will discuss maritime economy, protection of the marine environment, fisheries and safer sea. The conclusions of the workshop, as well as the most relevant and feasible proposals, will be included in a EU Strategy for the Adriatic-Ionian macro-region. |
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| 08/02/2012 | |
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SAVE the DATE - additional TAG meeting BXL March 26-27
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| 08/02/2012 | |
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EP conference on Seabed Mapping (by MEP Patrao Neves)
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