I have taken the initiative to convene a Ministerial Conference on the Future of Fisheries Partnership Agreements, which will take place tomorrow. The aim is to give the floor to the Ministers of our partner countries, who know better their situations and can express their expectations and their ambitions. I have also invited the European ministers and the Parliament.

We want to make sure that the fish stocks in all seas are healthy and productive. But our conservation efforts make little sense if we don’t make sure that the same commitment is taken at international level. And much remains to be done to apply the golden rule of sustainable fishing everywhere: almost 85 % of the world fish stocks, for which information is available, are reported as being fully exploited or overexploited.

So we need to project the principle of sustainability and its rules on the international arena. Read the full entry

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