The Trawler - October 2017

TTO OP PN NEEW WS S– –O OCCTTO OB BE ER R2 2001177 COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES Monday 9 October 2017, 15.00 – 18.30 Tuesday 10 October 2017, 9.00 - 12.30 Room: Altiero Spinelli (1G-2)

H HIIG GH HLLIIG GH HTTS S ► Public hearing on “Super-trawlers: destructive or sustainable?” ► Debate on the total fishing efforts data for catches in Mauritania ► Workshop on “recreational fisheries” presentation of the study

C CO ON NTTE EN NTT Words from the Chair On-going dossiers Delegated & implementing acts Studies & briefing notes AC meetings International meetings Partnership agreements IUU procedures Committee on Fisheries Calendar of PECH meetings

Agenda

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Next Fisheries Committee meeting: 21 and 28 November 2017

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W WO OR RD DS S FFR RO OM M TTH HE EC CH HA AIIR R

Alain CADEC Chair of Committee on Fisheries

Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends, On Monday 9 October, our Committee will organise a public hearing on super-trawlers. With quite a provocative title, “destructive or sustainable�, the idea is to get to know better this segment of the fishing fleet and to understand its way of working. The objective of the Common Fisheries Policy is to make fisheries sustainable for all fleets, whether artisan or industrial, in order to reach the maximum sustainable yield possible. Therefore, it is not a question of vessel size but of fishing technique. We have to pay attention not to direct one part of the fleet against the other, artisan against industrial fisheries: both have to respect the rules and both play an important role in the supply of EU consumers with quality fish and seafood products.

Member States play an essential role in ensuring a sustainable distribution of quotas between the different fleets. I recall that Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy requires the fisheries policy to take into account the environmental impact and its contribution to the local economy and the catch volume. Furthermore, they have to offer incentives to those fishing vessels that have selective engines or make use of certain techniques that have a low impact on the environment, such as a low fuel consumption and minimal damages to the marine habitat. On the other hand, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund supports important investments in sustainability, selectivity and competitiveness of fishing vessels. We will ask the invited experts to enlighten us on these issues.

Alain CADEC

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O ONNG GO OIIN NG GD DO OS SS SIIE ER RS S Reports Conservation of fishery resources and protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures 2016/0074(COD) Multi-annual plan for small pelagic stocks in the Adriatic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks COM(2017)0097 - C8-0095/2017 2017/0043(COD) PECH/8/09349 Management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Convention Area of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) COM(2017) 128 final 2017/0056 (COD) PECH/8/09619 Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 on the common fisheries policy COM(2017) 0424 2017/0190(COD) PECH/8/10570 NLE Reports EU/Mauritius Fisheries Partnership Agreement: fishing opportunities and financial contribution 2017-2021. Protocol COM(2017)048-2017/0223(NLE) PECH/8/11046 Proposal for a Council Decision Denouncing the Partnership Agreement in the fisheries sector between the European Community and the Union of the Comoros, adopted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1563/2006 of 5 October 2006 COM(2017)0556 final 2017/0241(NLE) PECH/8/11185 Reports adopted in PECH awaiting 1st/2nd reading agreements Sustainable management of external fishing fleets 2015/0289(COD) Multi-annual plan for demersal stocks in the North sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks 2016/0238(COD) INI Reports Towards sustainable and competitive European Aquaculture sector: current status and future challenges 2017/2118 (INI) PECH/8/10355

Rapporteur

Type of procedure

PECH Committee vote

Plenary Session Vote

Mato

COD

21/11/2017

FEB 2018

Tomasic

COD

21-22/3/2018

APR 2018

Engstrรถm

COD

21/11/2017

JAN 2018

Cadec

COD

Simplified procedure (art.50 RoP)

OCT II

Rapporteur

Type of procedure

PECH Committee vote

Plenary Session vote

TBC

TBC

TBC

Rapporteur

Type of procedure

PECH Committee vote

Plenary Session Vote

Engstrรถm

COD

21/11/2017 (first reading on 5/12/2016)

DEC 2017

Rodust

COD

12/07/2017

SEP

Rapporteur

Type of procedure

PECH Committee vote

Plenary Session vote

23-24/4/2018

MAY 2018

Iturgaiz

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Optimisation of the value chain in the fishing sector 2017/2119 (INI) PECH/8/10357 State of play of recreational fisheries in the EU 2017/2120 (INI) PECH/8/10358 Measures for establishing the conformity of fisheries products with access criteria to the EU market (Implementation report) COM(2017)0192 2017/2129 (INI) PECH/8/10379 EU/Mauritius Fisheries Partnership Agreement: fishing opportunities and financial contribution 2017-2021. Protocol COM(2017)048-2017/0223(NLE) PECH/8/11046 Proposal for a Council Decision Denouncing the Partnership Agreement in the fisheries sector between the European Community and the Union of the Comoros, adopted by Council Regulaction (EC) No 1563/2006 of 5 October 2006 COM(2017)0556 final 2017/0241(NLE) PECH/8/11185 Opinions EU/Morocco Agreement: protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products, processed agricultural products, fish and fishery products and amending the EC/Morocco Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement 2015/0203(NLE) Budget 2018 + Budgetary amendments PECH/8/09497 2017/2044(BUD) Preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020 PECH/8/09711 2017/2052 (INI)

Aguilera García

21-22/3/2018

APR 2018

Nicolai

26-27/2/2018

APR 2018

Engström

TBC

TBC

TBC

TBC

TBC

Vote

Rapporteur

Type of procedure

PECH Committee vote

Van Dalen

NLE

TBC

INTA (TBC)

Cadec

BUD

30/08/2017

10/10/2017

Aguilera García

BUD

21/11/2017

BUDG (TBC)

Caputo

INI

24-25/1/2018

25/1/2018

Cadec

DEC

26-27/2/2018

CONT 19/3/2018

TBC

DEC

TBC

CONT 20/3/2018

Lead Committee

Lagging Regions in the EU

2016 discharge: EU general budget Commission COM(2017)0365C80247/2017-2017/2136(DEC) PECH/8/10608 2016 discharge: European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA)

*Note on procedures: COD: Ordinary legislative procedure; CNS: Consultation; INI: Own-Initiative; NLE: Non-legislative (incl. consent to international agreements); DEC: Discharge; BUD: Budget

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D DEELLEEG GA ATTE ED DA AN ND D IIM MP PLLE EM ME EN NTTIIN NG GA AC CTTS S Procedure

C(2017) 04505 final

Legal basis

Delegated act

Regulation No 1380/2013 Articles 15(6) and 18(1) and (3)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) ‌/... of 5.7.2017 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2374 establishing a discard plan for certain demersal fisheries in South-Western waters

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Deadline to object / request an extension 5.11.2017 (received on 5.7.2017, extension of 2 months requested)

R REESSEEAARRCCHH FFRRO OM M TTH HE EP PO OLLIIC CY YD DEEPPAARRTTM ME EN NTT ‘‘B B’’:: REQUESTED:    

Fleet management in outermost regions Training of fishers Landing obligation and choke species in mixed fisheries Seafood industry integration in the EU (part 2)

PUBLISHED (SINCE 2014): CFP and fisheries management                           

Sustainable blue growth in the EU and opportunities for small-scale fisheries The management of the fishing fleets in the outermost regions Seafood Industry Integration in the EU Socioeconomic role and environmental impact of recreational, subsistence, small-scale and other fisheries in European Union Impact of fisheries partnership agreements in the development of employment in the EU and in Third countries Markets of fisheries and aquaculture products: The added value chain and the role of promotion, labelling and consumer information The discard ban and its impact on the MSY objective on Fisheries Options of handling choke species in view of the EU landing obligation - the Baltic plaice example Social and Economic impact of the penalty point system A new technical measures framework for the new CFP (Workshop) The landing obligation and its implications on the control of fisheries The obligation to land all catches - consequences for the Mediterranean Future of the “Almadraba” sector. Traditional and sustainable tuna fishing methods in the EU Small scale fisheries and the zero discard target Best practice on the use of rights based management to reduce discards in mixed fisheries Infringement procedures and imposed sanctions throughout the EU Criteria for allocating access to fishing in the EU Alternative solutions for driftnet fisheries The conflict between static gear and mobile gear in inshore fisheries Inland fisheries and the CFP IUU fishing and sanctions in the EU Integration in the fisheries industry Regional ocean governance in Europe: the role of fisheries Sustainable 'blue growth' in the EU and opportunities for small-scale fisheries Feasibility of measuring socio-economic and environmental impacts of recreational and semi subsistence fisheries in the EU Regional ocean governance Recreational and semi subsistence fishing - its values and its impact on fish stocks and the environment

Ecologic Impact  Sardine fisheries: resource assessment and social and economic situation  Long-term economic and ecologic impact of larger sustainable aquaculture  The impact of oil and gas drilling accidents on EU fisheries  The use of FADs in tuna fisheries Stocks      

Situation of the clam (Tapes spp) fisheries sector in the EU Pelagic fisheries and the canning industry in Outermost Regions Sea bass stocks and conservation measures in the EU Characteristics of multi-specific fisheries in the EU Scientific Advice in Fisheries Management - Introduction to Stock Assessment and Maximum Sustainable Yield Ranges The management of the fishing fleets in the outermost regions

Structural Policy and economics  Prospects for the development of tourism activities related to fishing  Seafood Industry Integration in the EU

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External dimension  Consequences of Brexit for the Common Fisheries Policy o Legal framework for governance o Trade and economic related issues o Resources and fisheries  Fisheries management and the Arctic in the context of climate change Mission briefings  Fisheries in Madeira (mission 2017)  Fisheries in Thailand (mission 2016)  Fisheries in Norway (mission 2016)  Fisheries in Poland (mission 2016)  Fisheries in Galicia (mission 2016)  Fisheries in Azores / Réunion (missions 2015)  Fisheries in Germany (delegation 2014)

@ You can access the studies and other documents via this link

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M MEEEETTIINNG GS SO OFF TTH HE EA ADDVVIISSO OR RY YC CO OU UN NC CIILLS S RAC

DATE

MED AC

10/10/2017

MED AC

10/10/2017

MED AC

11/10/2017

MED AC

11/10/2017

AAC

12-13/10/2017

NS AC LD AC LD AC NWW AC SWW AC

19/10/2017 19/10/2017 20/10/2017 23/10/2017 27/10/2017

BS AC LD AC LD AC

7/11/2017 8/11/2017 13/11/2017

PLACE

TYPE

Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Tallinn

FG Western Mediterranean

Brussels Brussels Brussels Dublin Santiago de Compostela Gdynia Brussels London

Demersal Working Group WG4 WG1 Irish sea benchmark meeting Extraordinary Assembly, Insular WG ExCom WG5 WG2

Main issues

WG2 Big pelagics MINOUW project WG4 Recreational fisheries 2017 Conference on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

Abbreviations:

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NWW AC: North Western Waters Advisory Council (link)

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AAC: Aquaculture Advisory Council (link)

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MIRAC: ICES/AC meeting (link)

PEL AC: Pelagic Advisory Council (link) NS AC: North Sea Advisory Council (link) MED AC: Advisory Council for the Mediterranean (link) SWW AC: South Western Waters Advisory Council (link) LD AC: Long Distance Fleet Advisory Council (link) BS AC: Baltic Sea Advisory Council (link)

GA: General Assembly, ExCom: Executive Committee, WG: Working Group, FG: Focus Group

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“European 2020 Supporting Europe’s coastal communities”

M MAAIINN IINNTTEERRNNAATTIIO ON NA ALL M MEEEETTIINNG GS SA AN ND DE EVVEENNTTSS NORWAY/COASTAL STATES/NEAFC/RUSSIAN FEDERATION Date

Organisation

Type of meeting

Venue

September 2017 28-29 (postponed)

EU-Norway bilateral consultations

EU-Norway bilateral consultations on management strategies

Bergen

10-12

Coastal States

London

16-20

Coastal States

23-27

Coastal States

30 Oct-3 Nov

Coastal States

Coastal State consultations on Mackerel Consultations on blue whiting / atlanto scandian herring PROVISIONAL Consultations on blue whiting / atlanto scandian herring – POSSIBLE Consultations on blue whiting / atlanto scandian herring POSSIBLE Annual meeting Consultations on Fisheries Arrangements for 2018 (1st round) Consultations on Fisheries Arrangements for 2018 (2nd round)

London Norway (TBC)

Consultations on Fisheries Arrangements for 2018

Faroe Islands (TBC)

October 2017

London

London

London

November 2017 13-17 21-22

NEAFC EU-Norway

28 Nov–1 Dec

EU-Norway

EU (TBC)

December 2017 5-6 Dec

EU-Faroe Islands

REGIONAL FISHERIES ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS Date

Organisation

Type of meeting

Venue

October 2017 2-6 5-12

16-20 TBC

16-27

22-28

ICCAT Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) GFCM Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Programme (AIDCP) Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) Convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals (CMS)

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SCRS Annual meeting

Madrid Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Annual meeting Second annual meeting

Montenegro La Jolla, USA

Annual meeting

Hobart, Australia

12th Conference of the Parties

TBC

November 2017 13-21 TBC

ICCAT Bering Sea Convention

Annual Meeting Annual meeting

Marrakech, Morocco Virtual

TBC TBC

OECD UN

TBC TBC

TBC

UN

26-30

South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO)

COFI Informal consultations on the annual resolution for sustainable fisheries Informal consultations on the annual resolution on Oceans and the Law of the Sea: second round Annual meeting

Annual meeting

Philippines

New York

Namibia

December 2017 3-8

Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)

2018 January 2018 26 Jan-3 Feb

SPRFMO

Annual meeting

Lima, Peru

Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)

Technical Committee on Allocation Criteria Technical Committee on Performance Review

Seychelles

February 2018 TBC

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FFIISSHHEERRIIEESS P PAARRTTNNEERRSSHHIIPP A AGGRREEEEM MEEN NTTSS

NEXT JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING (2017-2018) COUNTRY

EXPIRATION DATE OF CURRENT PROTOCOL

Financial Value

Mixed Agreements

Date

WEST AFRICA

NEGOTIATIONS SESSIONS FORECAST 2017

Location

Date

Location

LEGAL PROCESS

Estimated date of Estimated date of Estimated date of adoption of Council adoption of proposal for adoption of Decision on signing negotiating mandate by negotiating mandate and provisional the Commission

by Council application

Mauritania

15 November 2019

59 125 000 €

20-22 September 2017

Brussels

Morocco

14 July 2018

30 million €

October 2017

Bruxelles

November

alternate

June 2017

July 2017

Dec. on signing and conclusion: JAN 2018

Senegal

19/11/2019

April 2018

Brussels

-

-

-

-

-

Guinea Bissau

23 November 2017

1 738 000 € (3rd year) 9 200 000 €

4th quarter

tbc

2nd half

24/07/2017

adopted February 2017

Greenland

31 December 2020

Cape-Verde

22 December 2018

Côte d'Ivoire

30 June 2018

16 099 978 €, plus 1 21-24 Nov. 2017 (tbc) 700 000 € financial reserve for additional species.

550 000 € (years Last Week of Sept (tbc) 1+2); 500 000 € (years 3+4) 680 000 € DEC 2017

Gabon

23 July 2016

1 350 000 €

Ghana

No Agreement/Protocol

Liberia

8 December 2020

715 000 € (1st year); 2018 650 000 € (2nd, 3rd and 4th years); 585 000 € (5th year)

Equatorial Guinea São Tomé and Principe

N.A.

N.A.

23/05/2018

710000 € (675000 September / October 2017 en fin d'application) (tbc)

COMMENTS

The Protocol was signed and entered into provisional application on 16/11/2015.

2nd joint scientific meeting postponed till october 2017.

October / November The current Protocl expires 23/11/2017. 4 round already 2017 took place. 5th round to be fixed.

Brussels

Brussels (tbc)

Bruxelles

second semester 2017 (tbc)

December

alternate

second semester Libreville 2017 (tbc) 2nd half 2017 (tbc) tbc

July

September

Januray

Depends on the The ex-ante evaluation was conducted end of 2016 and timing and number of mandate adopted on March 2017. negotiation rounds

Brussels

Brussels (tbc)

1st half 2018

New protocol was signed and entered into provisional application on 23/12/2014. Last Joint Committee meeting took place on 11-13 May 2016.

Last Joint Committee took place in Abidjan on 30/11 2/12/2016.

Reviewing on negotiation pending political situation.

Signed on 09/12/2016 The Protocol was signed and entered into provisional application on 9/12/2015. It was approved by the EP on the 10th of April of 2016.

October 2017

July 2017

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Sep-17

1st half 2018

The ex-ante evaluation was approved on the end of November 2016.

Last Joint Committee meeting took place in October 2016. Ex-ante/ ex-post evaluation study to be concluded in September. The mandate by the Council for negotiating the new Protocol should be obtained in october, The current Protocol expires 23/05/2018.

NEXT JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING (2017-2018) COUNTRY

EXPIRATION DATE OF CURRENT PROTOCOL

Comoros

31 December 2016

600 000 €

Madagascar

31 December 2018

1 566 250 € (2015 & 2016) 1 487 500 € (2017 & 2018) 575 000 €

INDIAN OCEAN

Mozambique

No protocol in force 980 000 €

Seychelles

17 January 2020

5 350 000 €

PACIFIC

Mayotte (Access 19/05/2020 agreement)

Location

April 2018

BXL

Januray 2018

tbc

Date

SEY

Early 2018

SEY

October/ November 2017 tbd

/

No Agreement/Protocol

Q3 2017 (tbc) Brussels (TBC)

Kenya

No Agreement/ Protocol

Q3 2017 (tbc) Brussels (TBC)

Cook Islands

13/10/2020

717 500 €

29-31 January 2018 (tbc)

Cood Islands

23-27 October

Hong Kong (tbc)

COMMENTS

The current Protocol expired at the end of December 2016. Last Joint Commitee was in March 2016. A new Protocal was negotiated and initialled in March 2016, but never provisonally entered into force. The country is pre-identifies as non-cooperating country on te IUU matters (yellow card).

Last Joint Committee meeting took place in April 2017.

Ex-ante/ ex-post evaluation study to be launched in July. The Protocol expires at the end of 2018.

tbd

Early 2018

Estimated date of Estimated date of adoption of Estimated date of adoption of Council proposal for adoption of Decision on signing negotiating negotiating mandate and provisional mandate by the

by Council application Commission

Location

Tanzania

Kiribati

LEGAL PROCESS

Financial Value Date

Mauritius

NEGOTIATIONS SESSIONS FORECAST 2017

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New 4 year protocol initialled on 26 April 2017, to start to be applied provisionally after the completion of adoption procedures.

Negotiations for a new Protocol suspended until further notice to enable further reflection by both Parties to narrow divergences. Last Joint Committee Meeting in February 2016. Possible resuming of negotiation to be confirmed

no financial implications for the EU; as access agreement for Seychelles flagged vessels to EU waters Adopted on 16 June Depends on the This would be a new agreement. A first technical 2015 timing and number of meeting took place in Dar-Es-Salaam 4-6 July 2016. negotiation rounds Tanzania did not officially inform COM (partially due to a complex institutional setting) and information available point to various directions but there seems to be an interest in discussing an SFPA with the EU. Date of first round pending confirmation.

This will be a new Agreement.

A technical meeting took place 20-21 January 2015.

Confirmation of interest by Kenya on 21/03/2016, but date to start negotiation not agreed upon yet.

The Agreement and the Protocol are in force since 14 October 2016. 1st Joint committee meeting took place on 28-30 November 2016.

Possible resuming of negotiation after 2 rounds which took place in 2015.

O OVVEERRVVIIEEW WO OFF E EX XIIS STTIIN NG G IIU UU U PPRRO OC CE ED DU UR RE ES SA AS SR RE EG GA AR RD DS S TTH HIIR RD D C CO OU UN NTTR RIIE ES S Source: DG MARE 18/7/2017

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C CO OM MP PO OS SIITTIIO ON NO OFF TTHHEE C CO OM MM MIITTTTE EE EO ONN FFIISSHHEERRIIEESS BUREAU Chair 1st Vice-Chair 2nd Vice-Chair

Mr Alain CADEC Ms Linnéa ENGSTRÖM Mr Jarosław Leszek WAŁĘSA

3rd Vice-Chair 4th Vice-Chair

Mr Werner KUHN Ms Renata BRIANO

COORDINATORS EPP S&D ALDE Greens/EFA

ECR GUE/NGL EFDD ENF

MATO ADROVER Gabriel SERRÃO SANTOS Ricardo MARINHO E PINTO António ENGSTRÖM Linnéa COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES FULL MEMBERS

VAN DALEN Peter FERREIRA João HOOKEM Mike GODDYN Sylvie

SUBSTITUTE MEMBERS

AFFRONTE Marco

IT

Greens/EFA

BILBAO BARANDICA Izaskun

ES

ALDE

AGUILERA GARCÍA Clara Eugenia

ES

S&D

BLANCO LÓPEZ José

ES

S&D

BRIANO Renata

IT

S&D

CAPUTO Nicola

IT

S&D

CADEC Alain

FR

EPP

CHRISTENSEN Ole

DK

S&D

COBURN David

GB

EFDD

D’AMATO Rosa

IT

EFDD

CORBETT Richard

GB

S&D

ERDOS Norbert

HU

EPP

DODDS Diane

GB

NI

FLACK John

GB

ECR

ENGSTRÖM Linnéa

SE

Greens/EFA

GARDINI Elisabetta

IT

EPP

FERREIRA João

PT

GUE/NGL

GIESEKE Jens

DE

EPP

GODDYN Sylvie

FR

ENF

HAZEKAMP Anja

NL

GUE/NGL

HOOKEM Mike

GB

EFDD

HEUBUCH Maria

DE

Greens/EFA

HUDGHTON Ian

GB

Greens/EFA

HOC Czesław

PL

ECR

ITURGAIZ Carlos

ES

EPP

JADOT Yannick

FR

Greens/EFA

KUHN Werner

DE

EPP

JAMET France

FR

ENF

MARINHO E PINTO António

PT

ALDE

KELLY Séan

IE

EPP

MATERA Barbara

IT

PPE

LOPE FONTAGNÉ Verónica

ES

EPP

MATO ADROVER Gabriel

ES

EPP

MCAVAN Linda

GB

S&D

NI RIADA Liadh

IE

GUE/NGL

MILLÁN MON Francisco José

ES

EPP

NICOLAI Norica

RO

ALDE

MOBARIK Nosheena Baroness

GB

ECR

RODUST Ulrike

DE

S&D

MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR Cláudia

PT

EPP

SCHREIJER-PIERIK Annie

NL

EPP

PAKSAS Rolandas

LT

EFDD

SERNAGIOTTO Remo

IT

ECR

SÂRBU Daciana Octavia

RO

S&D

SERRÃO SANTOS Ricardo

PT

S&D

SASSOLI David-Maria

IT

S&D

THOMAS Isabelle

FR

S&D

SENRA RODRÍGUEZ María Lidia

ES

GUE/NGL

TOMAŠIĆ Ruža

HR

ECR

TORVALDS Nils

SV

ALDE

VAN DALEN Peter

NL

ECR

WAŁĘSA Jarosław Leszek

PL

EPP

SV

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N NEEXXTT FFIISSHHEERRIIEESS C CO OM MM MIITTTTE EE EM MEEEETTIINNG GS S 2017  Tuesday, 21 November, 9:00-12:30  Tuesday, 21 November, 15:00-18:30  Tuesday, 28 November, 9:00-12:30  Tuesday, 28 November, 15:00-18:30

2018  Wednesday, 24 January, 15:00-18:30  Thursday, 25 January, 9:00-12:30  Monday, 26 February, 15:00-18:30  Tuesday, 27 February, 9:00-12:30  Wednesday, 21 March, 9:00-12:30  Wednesday, 21 March, 15:00-18:30  Thursday, 22 March, 9:00-12:30  Monday, 23 April, 15:00-18:30  Tuesday, 24 April, 9:00-12:30  Tuesday, 24 April, 15:00-18:30  Monday, 14 May, 15:00-18:30  Tuesday 15 May, 9:00-12:30  Wednesday, 20 June, 9:00-12:30  Wednesday, 20 June, 15:00-18:30  Thursday, 21 June, 9:00-12:30

USEFUL LINKS @ EP Committee on Fisheries link @ DG MARE (European Commission) link @ Estonian Presidency of the Council link @ FAO Fishery and Aquaculture link @ ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea link

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