New, simplified system makes EU data for fisheries easily available
The European Commission has adopted today a proposal for a regulation, upgrading the EU framework for the collection, management and use of the data for fisheries. The data is crucial in improving the scientific advice necessary for the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The most promising development is …
Landing obligation – Omnibus regulation enters into force
Following the adoption of the omnibus regulation in the European Parliament’s plenary on the 27th April 2015, the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers’ Council gave, on its part, the green light on the agreed text on the 11th May 2015. As foreseen in the procedure, the regulation is consequently published in …
ECJ Advocate General says Council acted unlawfully on Cod Plan
In the long-standing dispute about the Parliament’s powers as co-legislator in the domain of fisheries policy, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice (ECJ) on Thursday supported the Parliament’s plea that the Council was wrong in splitting the proposal for a multiannual cod plan and adopting part of it …
Second amendment of the Fishing Opportunities Regulation fixing for 2015 the fishing opportunities in the North Sea and in the Atlantic
The European Commission has today announced a further proposal aimed at halting the decline of sea bass in the Celtic Sea, Irish Sea, Channel and North Sea. The Commission’s proposal is the third of a series of proposals in relation to this stock this year. This proposal is addressed to …