A proposal for a European regulation on sustainable fishing and conservation in the Mediterranean Sea, which “may have an impact on our country, especially in the Algarve”, will have Maria da Graça Carvalho, Portuguese MEP elected by the PSD, as shadow rapporteur.
The diploma in question is a proposal for a regulation “aimed at updating the rules for the application by the European Union (EU) of the conservation, management, exploitation, monitoring, marketing and execution measures relating to fishery and aquaculture products provided for by the General Fisheries Commission of the Mediterranean (GFCM)'.
19 countries in the Mediterranean, three in the Black Sea and the European Union as a whole are covered.
«Portugal does not participate, individually, in this commission, because it is geographically located beyond the limits of the Mediterranean Sea. However, it is clearly an interested party in this regulation, not only as an EU Member State, but because the diversity and sustainability of the species found in those waters is reflected in our country, especially in the Algarve”, says Maria da Graça Carvalho, who was appointed shadow rapporteur by the EPP-European People's Party in the European Parliament.
Maria da Graça Carvalho, a sitting member of the Committee on Fisheries (PECH), had already been appointed shadow rapporteur this year for the report on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing conservation and management measures applicable in the Convention area Western and Central Pacific Fisheries.
The European Union has been approving successive catch reductions in the Western Mediterranean region, with the aim of ensuring the sustainability of different stocks until 2026.
However, “scientific assessments show that most stocks of commercial interest continue to be captured at levels considered unsustainable. This despite the fact that, due to the scarcity already felt, the use of fish caught elsewhere to supply the European market, including Mediterranean countries, is increasingly accentuated”, according to the Portuguese MEP's office.
It is in this context that the “Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain provisions applicable to fishing in the area covered by the GFCM agreement” emerges.
Among the topics to be addressed, «issues relating to impact assessments, monitoring of activities, including illegal and undeclared fishing, and specific measures relating to species such as red coral, turbot, sea bream and different shellfish are included. and bivalves».
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