Maritime affairs and fisheries newsletter. 07 November 2023.
Date: 2023-11-07
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Subjects: common fisheries policy, innovation, serial publication, shipping policy, sustainable development

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OCEAN by Euronews

Stories of the month

Map of the month

Events

Consultations

Funding opportunities

News

Baltic Sea: Agreement reached on 2024 fishing
opportunities

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The Council of the European Union
reached an agreement on the fishing
opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2024,
following the Commission proposal made
in August this year.

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Commission proposes fishing opportunities for 2024 in
the Atlantic, Kattegat and Skagerrak

The Commission has published its
proposal to set catch limits, or total
allowable catches (TACs), for 18 fish
stocks in the EU waters of the Atlantic
Ocean, Kattegat and Skagerrak for 2024.

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Commission proposes fishing opportunities for 2024 in
the Mediterranean and Black Seas

The Commission has adopted its
proposal for fishing opportunities for
2024 for the Mediterranean and the Black
Seas. The proposal promotes the
sustainable management of fish stocks in
the Mediterranean and the Black Seas
and delivers on the political
commitments made in the MedFish4Ever
and Sofia Declarations.

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North-East Atlantic coastal states reach agreement on
mackerel, blue whiting and Atlanto-Scandian herring
TACs for 2024

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The delegations of the European Union,
Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland,
Norway and the United Kingdom reached
an agreement on the management
measures for mackerel, blue whiting and
Atlanto-Scandian herring in the North-
East Atlantic for 2024.

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Mediterranean fisheries and aquaculture: outcomes of
GFCM high-level conference on MedFish4Ever
initiatives

The European Commission and 20 EU
and Mediterranean states have renewed
their commitments to deliver on their
sustainability pledges made in the
MedFish4Ever Declaration.

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European Maritime Day 2024: Join us in Svendborg on
30-31 May – Save the date

The 2024 edition of the European
Maritime Day will take place in
Svendborg, Denmark, on 30-31 May. Co-
organised by the European Commission,
the City of Svendborg and the Danish
Maritime Authority, this fully-fledged
physical event will feature inspiring high-
level panels, attractive workshops,
innovative pitching sessions, and an
exhibition area.

more

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Commission sets out immediate actions to support the
European wind power industry

Achieving the recently agreed EU target
of at least 42.5% renewable energy by
2030, with an ambition to reach 45%
renewables, will require a massive
increase in wind installed capacity with an
expected growth from 204 GW in 2022 to
more than 500 GW in 2030.

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Brown, green, red: the fascinating world of algae
presented at the first EU Algae Awareness Summit

From 5 to 7 October, la Maison de
l'Océan in Paris became a vibrant home
to the global algae community. The first
EU Algae Awareness Summit brought
together algae specialists, businesses,
advocates, chefs, people  interested in
the subject and even seaweed artists.

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Euronews "The Road to Green", Episode 5: River
restoration

Rivers in Europe are heavily fragmented.
There are thousands of unused and
unwanted dams and artificial barriers
around Europe, vestiges of human
activities of the past century. They are
destroying the health of rivers, impacting
freshwater biodiversity, posing increasing
risk to communities and undermining
climate resilience.

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OCEAN by Euronews

Euronews OCEAN Season 5, Episode 10 - Keeping
fishing fair: On board an EU patrol vessel in the
Adriatic Sea

Fishery rules that exist only on
paper won't make fishing any
more sustainable. One way to
enforce these rules, especially in
vast ocean areas where
monitoring is hard, is through
joint inspection programs. The
European Fisheries Control
Agency (EFCA) helps coordinate
such inspections for EU countries
and trains inspectors from
neighbouring nations.

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Stories of the month

Fisheries management: Artificial intelligence makes a
difference

With the help of EU funding, Dutch
researchers and fishing industry have
developed an AI-based tool for the Fully
Documented Fisheries (FDF) project.

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Sustainable fisheries: Listen to the local fishers

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Portugal is one of the top three European
suppliers of octopus, making this fishery an
important source of income for many fishers
on the Algarve coast.

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AI boosts maritime commerce thanks to Seaber software &
BlueInvest

What if there was a way to digitise the
marine commerce sector through artificial
intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)?
Seaber, a Finnish maritime software
company, empowers ship and cargo owners
with advanced tools to streamline
commercial planning processes.

more

Map of the month

Regional fisheries management organisations (non highly-
migratory species)

Regional fisheries management
organisations (RFMOs) manage fish stocks
by geographical area. They are international
organisations establishing binding measures
for conservation and sustainable
management of highly migratory or
straddling fish species. The European Union,
represented by the Commission, plays an
active role 10 non-tuna organisations. Click
on the RFMOs on the map to access their
websites.

more

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Events

EMODnet Open Conference 2023

date

29/11/2023 - 30/11/2023

more

Consultations

Targeted stakeholder consultation on the Technical
Measures Regulation (fisheries) 2023

Deadline

24/11/2023

more

Funding opportunities

EU Aquaculture Assistance Mechanism

Deadline

07/12/2023

more

Regional flagship projects supporting a sustainable blue
economy in EU sea basins - submerged munitions in the
Baltic Sea

Deadline

18/01/2024

more

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Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) projects

Deadline

27/02/2024

more

This newsletter is published by the European Commission's Directorate General for Maritime Affairs
and Fisheries.

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