Discussions on the fisheries control agency proposal The EC Agriculture and Fisheries Council on November 24th 2004 discussed the proposal to establish a Community Fisheries Control Agency (to be bas... 30/11/2004
Fisheries research: a new framework programme is under discussion The EC is undertaking a process to identify thematic domains for fisheries research to be supported under a 7th Framework Programme (FP7) over the... 30/11/2004
Financing the new common fisheries policy: two new instruments are to be developed The EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council held its first policy debate on the Commission proposal for a European Fisheries Fund (EFF) for the perio... 30/11/2004
Simplifying EU fisheries rules: less work for more efficiency? In his first speech to the Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (ACFA) on December 10th 2004, the EU Fisheries Commissioner, Joe Borg,... 30/11/2004
EU CFP: reporting goes by the board Undeclared landings, misreporting and under-reporting of catches from EU fishing fleets are widespread, according to one of the main findings of t... 14/11/2004
Fisheries and agriculture commissioners are no longer in the same boat On August 12th 2004, Jose Manuel Barroso, the incoming President of the EC, presented his team of commissioners. Of particular note is that the pr... 14/11/2004
New convention could turn the tide for the PNG tuna industry Experts from the Pacific region, the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government and non-government stakeholders from the fisheries sector met in June and J... 14/11/2004
EU promotes ‘environmentally friendly fishing’: but what about EU fleets in ACP waters? On the June 22nd 2004, the EU Fisheries Council adopted conclusions on promoting more environmentally-friendly fishing methods based on a Commissi... 14/11/2004
EU Control Agency: a stepping stone to address the EU’s stumbling block of data access to ACP countries The EU Fisheries Council held an exchange of views on June 22nd 2004 on the Commission proposal to establish a Community fisheries control agency.... 14/11/2004
The last round for Commissioner Fischler In his last appearance before the European Parliament's Fisheries Committee on September 22 nd 2004, Commissioner Franz Fischler presented his rec... 07/11/2004