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19 January 2015
19 January 2015
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The European Commission has announced a package of measures aimed at averting the collapse of the declining sea bass stock. In the first instance emergency measures will be implemented to ban pelagic trawling of sea bass during spawning season which runs until the end of April.
17 December 2014
17 December 2014
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EU Ministers have reached agreement on fishing opportunities for 2015 in the Atlantic, North Sea and Black Sea following lengthy discussion at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on the 15th and 16th December. Karmenu Vella, the EU's Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, presented the Commission's proposals based for the first time on the new Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) which aims to have all stocks fished at sustainable levels.
12 December 2014
12 December 2014
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Karmenu Vella, the EU's Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, will present the Commission's proposals for fixing fishing opportunities for 2015 for the Atlantic, North Sea and Black Sea to the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on the 15th and 16th December.
2 December 2014
2 December 2014
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The Commission has today proposed a cut to the annual EU quota for turbot by 15%, to 74 tonnes, and to keep the EU quota for sprat unchanged at 11 475 tonnes. The proposal is based on the advice by the Commission's Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF). The proposal will now be discussed by EU ministers at the December Fisheries Council.
21 November 2014
21 November 2014
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The Commission welcomes that the EU, the Faroe Islands and Norway reached agreement on 21 November on an arrangement on mackerel fisheries for 2015.
17 November 2014
17 November 2014
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The European Union has welcomed the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic's Tuna (ICCAT) decision to increase the quota for Eastern and Mediterranean Bluefin tuna by just under 20% a year over the next three years.
28 October 2014
28 October 2014
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The European Commission has today proposed fishing opportunities for 2015 for the Atlantic and the North Sea.
10 October 2014
10 October 2014
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The Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting of October 2014 will take place in Luxembourg on 13-14th October 2014.
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