EU Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, was at the Slovenian coast today, inaugurating landing facilities financed by the European Fisheries Fund. The visit also provided an opportunity to meet the Slovenian minister responsible for fisheries, Mr Dejan Židan, and to talk to representatives of the local fishing sector.

Commission delivers on Better Regulation agenda on fisheries. Why a new proposal? Three decades of stratified measures have led to a highly complex regulatory structure.

Today the European Commission, continuing to deliver on its commitment to Better Regulation, presented a proposal for new conservation measures for fisheries in European seas.

EU Commissioner for Environment, Maritime affairs and Fisheries Karmenu Vella, will participate at a Citizens' Dialogue with EU Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc in Ljubljana and attend the city's opening ceremony for European Green Capital 2016.

Dans le cadre du Salon International de l'Agriculture à Paris, la Commission a invité différents représentants des secteurs aquacole et éducatif français à se réunir afin de discuter des moyens de communication autour de l'aquaculture. Cette réunion a été l'occasion de présenter le projet-pilote que la Commission a réalisé en 2015 dans 20 écoles de 10 Etats membres, dans le cadre de la campagne "Élevé dans l'UE/Farmed in the EU".

The European Commission today adopted an action plan to boost fisheries control in the Netherlands.

The 15th session of the biannual meeting of the FAO Subcommittee on Fish Trade took place in Agadir (Morocco) from 22-25 February 2016. FAO members discussed topics of special significance to the foreign trade of fisheries, including catch document schemes, trade in fisheries services and traceability.

European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, today met the heads of Europe's top marine research institutes in a bid to create new momentum in marine and ocean research.