Water, Marine & Fisheries

Latest in Fisheries & The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)

• Biodiversity proofing of the EU budget

  This study shows how more can be done to firstly avoid and minimize detrimental impacts of EU funding on biodiversity, and secondly to increase biodiversity benefits.

• The Ecosystem Approach in Marine Management

  The Marine Strategy Framework Directive requires Member States to apply an “ecosystem approach to marine management”. This report defines the ecosystem approach and puts it into context by describing the challenges of applying it across Europe’s seas.

• Read the latest issue of El Anzuelo

  The latest edition of IEEP's fisheries newsletter focuses on the Common Fisheries Policy reform, with a special feature on transferable fishing concessions. Read contributions from Janez Potočnik, Pavel Salz, Saskia Richartz and more...

• Independent review of the EU Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Regulations

  This review highlights the potential of the EU IUU Regulation to deter illegal fishing and the challenges during the first 18 months of implementation.

• Perspectives for the new European Fisheries Fund

  Independent evaluation of the EFF, highlighting challenges of implementation faced by Member States and the sector, and providing evidence-based proposals for a future fisheries fund.

• Perspectives for the new European Fisheries Fund

  IEEP's Indrani Lutchman presenting new report 'Perspectives for the new European Fisheries Fund' to the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries (11 October, Brussels).

• National Assembly for Wales briefed by IEEP

  IEEP's Indrani Lutchman and Kaley Hart were called on to brief the National Assembly for Wales on the CFP and CAP reforms.

• New dawn for the Common Fisheries Policy?

  The Commission has published the long awaited reform proposals for the future of the CFP. But what are the changes and will they mark a new dawn for European fisheries?

• Eliminating discards -what can be done?

  IEEP's Indrani Lutchman will be on a panel at the European Parliament today (4 May 2011) to discuss ways to reduce or eliminate the wasteful practice of discarding unwanted catches of fish.

• Funding Natura 2000

  The study assesses the successes and shortcomings of the existing EU framework for funding Natura 2000 and identifies possibilities for improving these financing arrangements in the future.

• IEEP publishes CFP Health Check

  The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform process officially began in April 2009 with the launch of the Green Paper. The newly published CFP Health Check examines the CFP and progress made since 2002. It ...

• Overcapacity - What Overcapacity?

  An evaluation of Member States reporting on efforts to achieve a sustainable balance between capacity and fishing opportunities in 2007.

• Towards a Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy in 2012 - a CFP Health Check

  The report looks at two core issues amongst the multiple strands that make up the CFP - stock management and structural issues. Both of these are critical to sustainability. The report looks back at progress ...

• Achieving Sustainable Fisheries conference: registration

  Registration is now open for the Achieving Sustainable Fisheries conference, to be held in Brussels, April 3, 2009.The current European Fisheries Policy hasn't delivered. IEEP is working with Baltic Sea ...

• Implementation of the CFP - an evaluation of progress made since 2002

  The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) underwent two major reviews in both 1992 and 2002. The next official review will be held in 2012...

• INDENT, INDicators of ENvironmental inTegration

  The INDENT report quantifies, evaluates and interprets a suite of indicators selected by the European Commission on the environmental performance of the Common Fisheries Policy. Based on this report the ...

• Final Analysis and Evaluation of the INDECO Indicators

  One of the last INDECO deliverables has reported on the final evaluation of the list of INDECO indicators. Specific consideration is given to their usefulness, practicability and to what extent they address ...

• DG Fisheries 2007 Work Programme

  EU Policy Briefing

• INDECO: Results of the investigation of modelling methods and indicators of marine ecosystem status

  This report summarises findings of previous deliverables (D9 and D17). Also included here is a description of alternative indices for investigation that have been highlighted over the course of INDECO ...

• INDECO: Recommendations And Gaps For Uses Of Socio-Economic Indicators On The Environmental Impact Of Fishing Activities

  This report draws upon the review and the comparative case-studies to identify and analyse important gaps in the usage of socio-economic information for the study of fishing impact on ecosystems.