The study on Costs and benefits of spatial protection measures as tools for fisheries management evaluates the costs and benefits of three types of spatial protection measures within the marine environment: Fish Stock Recovery Areas (FSRAs), Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), and areas designated as ‘Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures‘ (OECMs). It also Read more…
On 13 June 2022, the Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies presented a study on “Artificial Intelligence and the fisheries sector” at the PECH Committee meeting. This study reviews current Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems legislation, the AI techniques definition proposed by the AI Act and main applications of AI Read more…
The Committee on Fisheries of the European Parliament (PECH) requested three research papers on the “EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on fisheries and aquaculture in the EU”, which were presented during Workshop for the Committee on 16 March 2022.During the event, the respective authors shared the key results of their Read more…
The PECH Committee requested three research papers on the “Electronic technologies for fisheries”, which were presented during Workshop for the Committee on 11 November 2021.During the event, three studies were presented by their respective authors. Part I: Transmitted positional data systems Key findings The use of the current vessel monitoring Read more…
The study on Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on EU fisheries and aquaculture analyses the effects of COVID-19 on the EU fisheries and aquaculture sectors from March to December 2020. It gives an overview of the main effects experienced at EU level and develops eight case studies (Spain, Denmark, France, Italy, Read more…
The study on Impact of the use of offshore wind and other marine renewables on European fisheries provides an overview of general impacts of the development of offshore wind farms and other marine renewables on the European fishing sector. It further highlights pathways for possible co-existence solutions of both sectors, Read more…
This study assesses the implementation of the current EU fisheries control system by Member States. It focuses on the application of national infringement procedures, sanctions and the point system for serious infringements from 2014 to 2019. The research shows results based on interviews and survey replies by 17 out of Read more…
The PECH Committee requested research on the “Seafood industry integration in all EU Member States with a coastline” and this research was presented in the Committee on 3 December 2019. The study provides a clear description of the corporate structure of the EU seafood industry (fishing, processing and the retail Read more…