Agriculture and Fisheries
Long-term sustainable fisheries
Fisheries policy is one of the EU’s common policy areas, which means that all EU Member States are subject to the same regulations.
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The present common fisheries policy has not achieved its goals and a review of its provisions will take place by 2012. The demand for food is increasing and fish are an important resource. By managing fish resources in a sensible way over the long term, the volume of fish can increase. As holder of the Presidency in autumn 2009, Sweden will initiate the debate on the future fisheries policy.
Some of the most important decisions that will be made during the Swedish Presidency concern a new fisheries control system and the allocation of fishing opportunities for 2010.
Making decisions on rural development and fishing quotas
Once a month, the Union’s ministers for agriculture and/or fisheries meet. Issues on the agenda could include food control, animal rights or quotas for Europe’s fishing waters. The ministers also gather for an informal meeting once during each six-month presidency. During the Swedish Presidency, this will take place on 13-15 September in Växjö, under the leadership of Sweden’s Minister for Agriculture, Eskil Erlandsson.
More about agriculture and fisheries
- Working Parties Agriculture and Fisheries
- Agriculture and Fisheries Council
- European Commission: Fisheries
- European Commission: Agriculture and Rural Development
- European Commission: Food Safety, Animal Welfare and Plant Health
- European Parliament: Agriculture and fisheries
- European Parliament: Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
- European Parliament: Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
- European Parliament: Fisheries (PECH)
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