Black Sea Outlook ConferenceOdessa, 1 November 2011

The EU Maritime and Fisheries Policy: a Black Sea perspective

Daniela GRITTI, European Commission,

Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

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1. The EU maritime and fisheries policy framework

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Security

Environment

Energy

Internal marketResearch

External relations

Industry

Transport

EmploymentFisheries

Regional development

Maritime policy areas

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Policy actions since 2007

ENVIRONMENTMarine Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56/EC

RESEARCHMarine and Maritime Research Strategy 2008/534/EC

TRANSPORTMaritime Transport Space without BarriersThird Maritime Safety Package2011 White Paper/ Connecting Europe: new EU core transport network

FISHERIESRegulation on the Common Fisheries Policy 2002/2371/ECReform proposal 2011/425/COM

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Cross-cutting tools

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Maritime Spatial Planning

Integrated Maritime Surveillance

EMODNET: European Marine Observation and Data Network

- Objective: Improve access to marine environmental data (ex: MSFD)

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EMODNET

•-5 portals operated: chemistryHydrologyBiologygeologyphysical data

Most of the pilots adopt SeaDataNet standards and interconnect to the SeaDataNet CDI Directory.

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Common Fisheries Policy reform

Multi annual eco-system based management: from single-stock plans to muilti- fish stocks

Banning discards

Introduction of fisheries ”concessions”

Support for small scale fisheries

Development of sustainable aquaculture: national strategic plans and aquaculture advisory council

Market policy: storage facility and market standards on labelling, quality, traceability

Regionalisation: boost role of RFMO and Advisory Council

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Member states will be entrusted with collecting, maintaining and sharing scientific data about fish stocks and the impact of fishing at sea-basin level

Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee on Fisheries

Data collection framework: 50 M € per year until 2013 per national pogrammes + FP7

Improving scientific knowledge

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2011-2013: Financial Regulation on IMP 2011-2013Still to be approved by EU Council40M €, half of which will be for EMODNET+ Project on MSP in the Mediterranean and Black Sea (1M €)+ Cooperation in coastguard functions in EU basins (2.1M €)+ Technical assistance money (1.4M €)

2014-2020: New European Maritime and Fisheries instrumentAmount proposed by EC is 6.7 billions €

Financial instruments

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2. What about the Black Sea?

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Regional approaches

Seas are different – regional specificities

• Geography• Political context• Economic situation• Social situation• Environmental challenges

Main objective•Adapting the IMP to regional challenges and opportunities for specific policy developmentProviding added value

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Examples of existing initiatives

ResearchEMODNETBS.ERANETUpGrade Black Sea SceneENP/SEIS “Ocean of tomorrow”

Fight against pollutionMONINFOenviroGRIDS (FP7)

Coastal ManagementOURCOASTPEGASO

Conservation and ecosystemSesame (FP7)

Maritime safetySASEPOL

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Yearly quota for sprat and turbot - Regulation EC/1256/2010 + techical measures

Cooperation between Romania and Bulgaria in the turbot control plan and in data collection

Ad hoc working Group of the EU Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee on Fisheries on the Black Sea

Common Fisheries Policy in Bulgaria and Romania

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Regional fisheries cooperation in the Black Sea

State of play

Lack of common management of fisheries resourcesShortage of joint data collection

Possible ways forward

GFCM: creation of a working group on the Black DeaFAO project proposal Black Sea Fish

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Brainstorming event with Bulgarian and Romanian authorities: proposals and way forward

Need for regional cooperation and dialogue, both between authorities and stakeholders

Possible cooperation in scientific research, data collection and management, joint controls

Harmonisation of data, tools and methods (sampling) and connection to the metadata infrastructure of BlackSeaScene Project

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Daniela Gritti, European Commission,

Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

daniela.gritti@ec.europa.eu

http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs