Maria Damanaki, European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, will make a two-day trip to Albania on 7th and 8th November where she will meet senior government officials and entrepreneurs from the fisheries, processing sector and coast guards.
The European Commission has expressed its disappointment at the failure of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to reach agreement on the establishment of marine protected areas in Antarctica at its 23rd Annual Meeting held in Hobart, Australia, from 23rd October to 1st November.
Organised under the auspices of the upcoming Greek Presidency, the European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maria Damanaki, will host an international conference on sustainable fishing capacity management, with the participation of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, in Thessaloniki, Greece, on 13-14 March 2014.
The European Commission has proposed fishing opportunities for 2014 for the Atlantic and the North Sea, as well as in international waters. This is the annual proposal for the amount of fish which can be caught by EU fishermen from the main commercial fish stocks next year.
The European Commission has welcomed the completion of negotiations on a new agreement between the European Union and Norway on reciprocal access to fishing in the waters of the Skagerrak.
A meeting of Coastal States (European Union, Faroe Islands, Iceland and Norway) was held in London on the 23rd and 24th October under the chairmanship of the European Union to discuss management measures for 2014 for the mackerel stock in the North-East Atlantic. The meeting was also attended by observers from Greenland and the Russian Federation.
Every year in May, European Maritime Day is celebrated within the European Union to showcase the importance of the seas and oceans for our everyday life. The Maritime Day Conference has become the main European event where stakeholders from all maritime sectors meet and discuss the opportunities and challenges currently facing maritime regions and sectors across Europe.
The European Commission has welcomed the European Parliament's vote on the 2014-2020 European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). This vote is a crucial step to securing political agreement by the end of the year, which would allow the fund to be in place as of January 2014.
The European Commission has welcomed the outcome of the first meeting of the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) held in Melbourne, Australia, on 18 and 19 October 2013. Several key decisions were taken on the setting up of the organisation and intersessional work that will lead to a fully operational organisation.
The European Commission welcomes the decision by the governing body of Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) which paves the way for the EU to join the organisation as a member.
Two important science-based proposals for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) will be discussed at the annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) on 23 October – 1 November 2013, in Hobart, Australia.
Commissioner Damanaki presented the Joint Statement on Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica, which she co-signed with Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Murray McCully, Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, John F. Kerry, Secretary of State of the United States
The Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting of October will take place in Luxembourg on 17th October 2013. The meeting will focus solely on fisheries affairs and the Commission will be represented by Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maria Damanaki.
The page "European transparency initiative - Recipients of EU funding" is now updated with information on beneficiaries of EFF payments (shared management) which are published on member state websites.
The EFCA has adopted its Multiannual Work Programme for 2014-2018 and the Annual Work Programme at the meeting of the Administrative Board held on 15 of October 2013.
The European Commission has today expressed its satisfaction at the European Parliament's vote in favour of the Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Mauritania.
European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maria Damanaki, today spoke at the "Baltic Sea Conference 2013 - Blue Growth, Sustainability and Water".
The European Commission has expressed its satisfaction at the outcome of the North Atlantic Fisheries Organisation's (NAFO) annual meeting which took place from 23 to 27 September in Halifax, Canada.
Maria Damanaki, European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, will make a two-day trip to Romania alongside Dacian Ciolos, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, on 29th and 30th September.
The European Union (EU) is pleased with the outcome of the Joint Committee meeting, held in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on 17th and 18th September, within the framework of the Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Mauritania for 2012-2014.
