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ILLEGAL FISHING: WE NEED SHARED COMMITMENT

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
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Yesterday, I watched with empathy, in the second episode of Al Jazeera programme “Pirate Fishing“, the adventures of the fisheries ministry inspector Victor Kargbo and the reporter Juliana Ruhfus, chasing the Sea Queen/Ocean-3, caught fishing illegally in Sierra Leonean waters. And I was thrilled when they succeeded!
 

I am ever more convinced and committed that the EU has to play a leading role to stop illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Read the full entry

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MOROCCO

Thursday, January 19th, 2012
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The Commission unanimously adopted a proposal for a negotiation mandate for a new Fisheries Partnership Agreement protocol with Morocco on 5 January.

The new proposal aims to meet the key requirements of environmental sustainability, economic efficiency and international legality. Read the full entry

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FISH, HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
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Food insecurity remains a major challenge. The FAO estimated that in 2009 the number of malnourished people exceeded 1 billion – about 1 person in 6.

Food production is only one of the factors we must take into account: access to markets, commodity prices, and the nutritional value of products are equally important. Since 2008, high food price volatility has worsened the situation, leading to a significant deterioration of food security in the world.

The latest data, published last Friday by OECD and FAO, shows that, over the next ten years, “real prices for cereals could average as much as 20% higher and those for meats as much as 30% higher, compared to 2001-10″.

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A NEW GENERATION OF FISHERIES PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS

Thursday, May 12th, 2011
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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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