Commissioner Sinkevičius starts discussions on fishing opportunities for 2021 at Agrifish Council

Daily News 30 / 06 / 2020


Economia - pubblicata il 02 Luglio 2020


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Source: European Commission Spokesperson’s Service

Commissioner for the Environment, Fisheries and Oceans, Virginijus Sinkevičius,presented yesterday at the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers videoconference the Commission’s
recent
communication on sustainable fishing and orientations for 2021
. The debate with Ministers started the new round of discussions and negotiations on fishing opportunities for the coming year.
As also outlined in the Commission’s Communication, this year is the year when fish stocks have to be managed in line with the maximum sustainable yield target, i.e. ensuring sustainable levels
of fishing. Thus, this will be the main objective in the proposals for the Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic Sea stocks. Commissioner Sinkevičius also spoke to the Ministers about
the implementation of the landing obligation which despite being a win-win situation for fishermen and for the environment, remains a strong concern. On Brexit, he stressed that unity and a
strong common position is needed to defend EU’s interests. Finally, the Commissioner talked to Ministers about the bycatch of dolphins, porpoises and other protected species. EU legislation, both
nature and fisheries rules, already offers all necessary tools to Member States and in particular for the regionsto tackle this problem effectively. In addition, the EU Biodiversity
Strategy 2030
underlines the need to eliminate bycatch of species threatened with extinction or to reduce it to a level that allows their full recovery. A press statement by Commissioner
Sinkevičius is available here.

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