IOI-Canada offers annually an intensive 8-week training program on “Ocean Governance, Policy, Law and Management” and the next training session is scheduled for 18 May - 15 July 2016.
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) has not been able to reach an agreement on the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs) in Antarctica at its 34th Annual Meeting held in Hobart, Australia, from 19 to 30 October 2015.
Commissioner Karmenu Vella is visiting Brittany today to engage with various stakeholders on fisheries, the blue economy, and marine protection. Following a meeting with French Secretary of State Mr Alain Vidalies this morning, Commissioner Vella participated in the 2nd Atlantic Stakeholder Platform Conference in Brest, a city known for its dynamism in terms of blue growth.
The European Commission has adopted a €710.5 million investment package for the Polish fisheries and aquaculture sectors for the 2014-2020 period, including €531.2 million of EU investments.
The European Commission has adopted a key investment package for the Greek maritime, fisheries and aquaculture sectors.
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) last week published the results of an audit looking into certain EU's fisheries agreements with non-EU countries. The Commission considers this audit exercise as a positive opportunity for improving the framework of the EU's bilateral relations with third countries in the field of fisheries.
Knowledge of our seas and oceans is essential for developing the blue economy and improving marine management. Gaining this knowledge requires putting together data collected by hundreds of bodies - research institutes, geological surveys, hydrographic offices, environmental agencies - into a coherent picture. EMODnet, the European Marine Observation and Data Network is working for this task.
The agreement will expand the area of operations for the EU fleet in the Western and central Pacific Ocean - the world's most important tuna fishing grounds, providing more than half of the global tuna catch. In exchange the Cook Islands will receive significant financial contributions.
EU Fisheries Ministers have agreed on fishing opportunities for 2016 in the Baltic Sea, following discussion at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg on 22 October.
The objective of the Sector Skills Alliances – launched by EACEA (Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency) under Erasmus+ programme - is to create European partnerships between industry, VET (Vocational Education and Training) institutes and regulatory bodies to define skill needs in a specific sector and to design and implement new curricula. This may be opportunity for better Blue Careers across EU. Participate in the Infoday on 23 November 2015 in Brussels to learn more (registration is now open).
European Maritime Day (EMD) is the annual get together for Europe’s maritime policy community. The 9th annual European Maritime Day Conference will be held in Turku, Finland, on 18 and 19 May 2016.
The 5th event of the Maritime Spatial Planning conference series will be dedicated to the relationship between MSP and the Marine Environment.
Erasmus+ call for proposals 2016 has just been launched. Maritime stakeholders can seek funding for vocational education and training (Blue Careers).
Today the Commission adopted a plan to reduce the wasteful practice of discarding – throwing overboard unwanted fish – in the North Sea.
Qu Dongyu, Vice-Minister of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, and Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries met in Beijing on 14th October 2015 and exchanged views in reinforcing their concrete cooperation on fisheries.
Today the High Level Group on Simplification, launched by the Commission in July, held its first meeting in Brussels.
A draft strategy for developing the ocean energy sector in Europe will be presented to business leaders and energy ministers at a high-level meeting in Dublin today. The "strategic roadmap" was prepared by the Ocean Energy Forum, created by the EU in 2014 to help get promising ocean energy technologies off the ground.
The members of the South Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) held an extraordinary meeting in Brussels (12 - 16 October 2015) in which they agreed on a number of important administrative and financial issues, including the Rules of Procedures, the Terms of Reference for subsidiary bodies, as well as the roadmap and the procedures for the recruitment of the Executive Secretary.
The European Commission and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency are organising an Infoday in Brussels to explain the funding opportunities available under "Knowledge Alliances" and "Sector Skills Alliances".
On 14-16 October 2015, the Joint Committee under the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement Protocol met in Brussels, issuing a number of recommendations and taking note of the conclusions of its first meeting which update the status of the fish stocks with the latest scientific information.
