Water, Marine & Fisheries

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• 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 Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Water and Wetlands

  This new IEEP-led report presents insights on the importance of wetlands in delivering ecosystem services that are needed to support human life, and also for people’s livelihoods and the world’s economies. The report shows that demonstrating and using the values of ecosystem services related to water and wetlands can lead to better informed, more cost-effective, and fairer decision- making.

• The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Water and Wetlands

  This new IEEP-led report presents insights on the importance of wetlands in delivering ecosystem services that are needed to support human life, and also for people’s livelihoods and the world’s economies. The report shows that demonstrating and using the values of ecosystem services related to water and wetlands can lead to better informed, more cost-effective, and fairer decision- making.

• 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.

• 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.

• El Anzuelo Volume 23

  The 23rd edition of IEEP fisheries newsletter El Anzuelo focuses on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. Read contributions from Maria Damanaki, Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries ...

• "Best practices" for Fisheries Management

  There is a window of opportunity to influence the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Europe, as the European Commission will initiate a reform process, beginning in April 2009 with the publication of a Green Paper...

• 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 ...

• DG Fisheries 2007 Work Programme

  EU Policy Briefing

• Evolution of the EU Fisheries Subsidy Regime: Drivers and Approaches

  This paper examining the drivers behind the evolution of the EU fisheries subsidy regime is now available online. It was originally presented to an OECD Workshop on Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development.

• Evolution of the EU Fisheries Subsidy Regime: Drivers and Approaches

  Since 1970 the subsidy regime has evolved significantly. In recognition of the role of subsidies in the build up of overcapacity, and thus overfishing, there has been a shift in focus towards balancing ...

• The Application of Strategic Environmental Assessments in the UK Fisheries Sector

  The application of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Directive to the fisheries sector has not been attempted before in the EU; consequently many questions remain unanswered. Who should carry ...

• Institutional Interplay and Responsible Fisheries: Combatting Subsidies, Developing Precaution

  This paper describes the interactions between EU fisheries policies and international conventions. Published in: Institutional Interaction in Global Environmental Governance, Eds. Sebastian Oberthur and ...

• Ghost Fishing by Lost Fishing Gear

  ‘Ghost fishing’ is the term given to the continued fishing by fishing gear that has been lost or abandoned. It is largely confined to ‘passive gears’ such as gillnets, trammel nets, wreck nets, and traps. ...

• Policy Framework for Improving Management of the Deep-Water Net Fishery of the West and North of Great Britain and Ireland

  The recent 'DEEPNET' report brought to light a number of management issues, including both illegal and wasteful fishing practices, in the deepwater fixed net fishery prosecuted to the West and North of ...

• INDECO: Review of the Usage of Socio-economic Indicators on the Environmental Impact of Fishing Activities

  This report constitutes deliverable number 8 of the INDECO project. The aim of the report is to review the usage of socio-economic indicators on the environmental impact of fishing ...

• INDECO: A review of the current management framework - Policy objectives for which indicators are needed

  This report constitutes deliverable number 4 of the INDECO project. The aim of the report is to identify the policy objectives for which indicators are needed as a tool to measure ...

• INDECO: Indicators - An Overview Internal Paper for Discussion

  This note was prepared as a follow-up on the INDECO kick-off meeting on 15.12.2004. It is not intended to be an exhaustive literature review. Rather its function is to assist in forging an ...