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The participants reaffirmed their political commitments of the MedFish4Ever and Sofia Declarations and endorsed the new GFCM Strategy (2021-2030) with the aim of ensuring the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean and Black Sea in the next decade.
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The regulation establishing the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) under the EU’s 2021-2027 long-term budget was adopted this afternoon by the European Parliament with an overwhelming majority.
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Today, the Commission adopted the proposal to extend the ‘’access to waters’’ regime under the current common fisheries policy (CFP).
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On 25 June 2021, the Agreement to prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the central Arctic Ocean enters into force.
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Or how to produce delicious fish in a natural paradise (with a little help of the EU)
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Shellfish farming is an important component of the EU aquaculture sector.
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Aquaculture to restore endangered marine ecosystems, produce traditional local seafood and provide valuable scientific material for cancer studies.
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Today the Commission published a report on the implementation of the Fisheries Control Regulation for the period of 2015-2019.
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The European Commission has published an in-depth analysis of Member States’ sanctioning systems for infringements of the rules of the CFP.
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The Commission has today signed the Written Record, laying down the details of the agreement in principle reached between Commissioner Sinkevičius and