Press releases

Ministers hold a series of meetings in parliamentary committees to present the priorities of the Irish Presidency of the Council in the relevant policy fields.

Fisheries MEPs have adopted recommendations on environmental, social and economic standards and simpler administrative procedures to strengthen the resilience of EU fisheries.

The chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries (PECH) has welcomed the announcement by the European Commission of a simplification package for the sector.

The Fisheries Committee has endorsed a provisional deal on the application of certain fishing provisions in the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean Agreement area.

The delegation of six MEPs from Parliament's Committee on Fisheries is in Horta, in the Azores, to discuss fisheries, maritime policies and research in the outermost region.

On 26 and 27 May, six members of the Committee on Fisheries will be in the Azores to assess the implementation and impact of EU fisheries policy in the outermost region.

The European Parliament urges the Commission and EU countries to take emergency measures to reset the Baltic Sea ecosystem.

On Wednesday, MEPs adopted recommendations to protect fishers and aquaculture producers from power imbalances in an increasingly competitive maritime space.

The Fisheries Committee adopted its position on a regulation to simplify and clarify the statistical data that underpins EU political decisions on fisheries and aquaculture.

Cooperation between EU countries and agencies must reflect oceans’ geostrategic importance and make fisheries sustainable, said MEPs on Tuesday.