The workshop took place on 4 December 2024 and discussed how the current European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) and its potential successors can help to shape the future of the EU fishing fleet. It focused on three specific articles of the EMFAF Regulation: Article 17 on “First acquisition of a Read more…
Publication: November 2024Download: EnglishExecutive summary: DE – EN – ES – FR – ITAt a glance note: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV Authors:PART I: Suitbert SCHMUEDDERICH, Anna MADRILES HELM (COFAD GmbH, Germany)PART II: Alicia SANMAMED (Freelance, Spain)PART III: Benoît CAILLART (F& S, France)PART IV: Pavel SALZ (MR&A, Read more…
The presentation of the study took place on 23 September 2024 and provided an overview of EU policy in relation to the EU oceans and fisheries policy with four presentations on the following topics: Fisheries, Aquaculture, the Blue Economy and International Ocean Governance. The authors described the latest developments and Read more…
Publication: September 2024 Download: English Executive summary: DE – EN – ES – FR – IT At a glance note: English Authors: Rod CAPPELL, Tim HUNTINGTON, Graeme MACFADYEN, Vincent DEFAUX (Poseidon); Benoit CAILLART, Marie-Emilie GUELE (F&S) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study provides an overview of EU policy in relation to Fisheries, Read more…
Publication: July 2024 Download: English Authors: Irina POPESCU, Marcus BREUER Foreword Working on EU fisheries policy issues often involves dealing with a specialised vocabulary, full of technical terms and translated into different EU languages. The terminology associated with the wide range of gears used in fisheries is one of the Read more…
The presentation of the study took place on 20 March 2024, and mainly focused on: Conceptual aspects of competitiveness Evolution of EU’s self-sufficiency for fisheries & aquaculture products (FAPs) Extra-EU imports of FAPs Results of the 4 Case studies Factors affecting competitiveness of the fisheries and aquaculture sector Policy recommendations Read more…
Publication: March 2024 Download: English Executive summary: ES – DE – EN – FR – IT At a glance note: English Authors: Martin ARANDA (AZTI), Gabriela OANTA, José Manuel SOBRINO-HEREDIA, (both Universidade de Coruña), Bertrand LE GALLIC (Université de Bretagne Occidentale), Leire ARANTZAMENDI, Margarita ANDRES, Ane IRIONDO, Gorka GABIÑA (all Read more…
The presentation of the study took place on 19 February 2024, and mainly focused on: the use of more selective fishing gears, as well as tactical measures (such as temporal and spatial closures), to avoid unwanted catches best practices implemented by projects that have successfully contributed to increasing selectivity, which could Read more…
Publication: February 2024 Download: English Executive summary: ES – DE – EN – FR – IT At a glance note: English Authors: Laurence FAUCONNET, Institute of Marine Sciences – OKEANOS, University of the Azores; Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The selectivity of a fishing method reflects its ability to select Read more…
The presentation of the study took place on 23 January 2024 and focused on two specific aspects of the social dimension of the CFP: the training and certification systems for fishers currently in place in the EU, and the state of play of the mutual recognition of certificates of competency Read more…