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SHARED OCEAN, SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES
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Number of View: 36Floating research platform in the Atlantic Ocean A year ago, I was really impressed by my visit to Galway’s Marine institute. The institute is a living example of turning “blue growth” into reality. The level of in...
EU ON TRACK FOR ARCTIC COUNCIL OBSERVER STATUS
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Number of View: 23I welcome the decision made by the Arctic Council on EU’s permanent observer application, during its ministerial meeting yesterday in Kiruna, Sweden. We are working hard with our Canadian partners on the outstanding issue on s...
EUROPE DAY: EUROPE NEEDS A CHANGE
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Number of View: 39 On 9 May 1950, Robert Schuman, France’s foreign minister, sparked the creation of what is now know as the European Union The European Union continues to cope with the economic crisis, but the pro-Europe sentiment of its ci...
MAURITANIA : A CLEAR SKY FEARS NOT THE THUNDER
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Number of View: 21 Russia filed its first complaint since its accession to the World Trade Organisation. It concerns the Fisheries Partnership Agreement with Mauritania. The current Protocol to this agreement has been signed after long negotiati...
AN ACTION PLAN FOR THE PROTECTION OF SEABIRDS
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Number of View: 38Puffins At the EU Council today (22nd April), I discussed with the Ministers the Action Plan adopted by the Commission to address the problem of incidental catches of seabirds. The proposal that we put on the table has at its c...
MEDITERRANEAN BLUE ECONOMY: ENHANCING MARINE AND MARITIME COOPERATION
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Number of View: 37Today, with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, Philippe de Fontaine-Vive, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), and Andrew Winbow, Assistant Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), we met in...
MAKING OUR SEAS AND OCEANS SAFER
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Number of View: 10Good to see so many people intersted for the safety of our seas and oceans at the conference in Dublin Following the speech I delivered in Dublin on the importance of maritime security, @AnnalisaB asked me on Twitter to know more ab...
THE FISH ON OUR PLATE
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Number of View: 133We owe it to European citizens to provide the most accurate and comprehensive information possible so that they are aware of the impact that their choices have More and more citizens are concerned about the state of our seas and th...
WASTE NO MORE
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Number of View: 196Fishing for litter Plastic is cheap and resistant. It is light and its uses are countless: it pervades industrial and consumers goods. Modern life would be unthinkable without it. Plastic production grew exponentially since the beg...
MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING FOR BLUE GROWTH
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Number of View: 729Blue Economy is growing: we are relying more and more on maritime transport for our external trade. By 2020, offshore wind energy is expected to grow by 30%. Experts foresee a tenfold growth of tidal and wave energy. Cruise tourism...
ARE THERE WOMEN IN FISHERIES?
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Number of View: 48Despite their presence at all levels and in all areas of the fisheries sector, the role of women is often hidden behind the scenes. Data collected from FAO shows that women’s most prominent role internationally – in smal...
FROM AZORES
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Number of View: 152Talking with Mr Vasco Alves Cordeiro , President of the Azores Government Today, I was in Ponta Delgada, the capital of the Azores, where I met representatives of the local government, as well as fishermen organisations. Fishermen...
UNEMPLOYMENT SCOURGE
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Number of View: 55Eurostat published today its latest statistics on the Euro area unemployment rate, which has hit a record of 11.9% in the Euro area. 26.217 million men and women in Europe are found without a job. A number that is unfortunatel...
THE COUNCIL TAKES DECISIVE STANCE FOR A REAL DISCARD BAN
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Number of View: 170Last night we had very hard and long negotiations: EU Member States have different fishing traditions, diverse fleet compositions and fishing patterns and it was difficult to rally a broad majority in support for the Irish Presiden...
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS DECIDING ON FISHERIES REFORM
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Number of View: 38The discard ban constitutes a cornerstone of the reform of Common Fisheries Policy. The recent vote of the European Parliament confirmed this with an outstanding majority in support of the Commission’s ambitious proposal. In p...
AFTER THE VOTE
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Number of View: 12The European Parliament has voted with landslide majority for an ambitious reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy. I was really pleased with this result and the decision of the MEPs to choose the sustainable way forward. Now, look...
“BEWARE OF THE STARS OF SOUTHERN SKIES”
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Number of View: 49Making fishing safer and more attractive as a profession In the culture of any country touched by the sea, there are poets, writers, artists who depicted in their own way the awe they felt once faced with the overwhelming power of t...
THE ARCTIC: IT IS TIME FOR US TO TAKE ACTION
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Number of View: 71I travelled to Tromsø on Monday, 21st of January to speak at the “Arctic Frontiers” conference. The north of Norway is an appropriate place to hold such a conference, looking at how the region is changing and how...
INITIATIVES FOR A SUCCESSFUL EU MARITIME POLICY
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Number of View: 83At the end of last year, the European Council endorsed the Commission ambitious plan for growth and jobs in European maritime economy. This year, I will work to set up a coherent framework in order to see through the implementation...
2012: A YEAR OF PROGRESS TO BUILD ON
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Number of View: 38 2012 has been a challenging year for Europe. A year that demanded exceptional perseverance and innovative solutions to tackle unprecedented problems. In Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, we managed to put in place concrete actions,...
