France JAMET

What France JAMET has said (7)

• 2025-06-25 “E-002568/2025 Answer given by Mr Kadis on behalf of the European Commission The Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) Directive requires Member States to plan their seas sustainably, utilising an ecosystem-based approach 1 and promoting the coexistence of various activities, including fisheries. It promotes the coexistence of different activities, like fisheries and wind energy projects. As part of this framework, the Commission encourages Member States to consider interactions between various marine uses and to engage local stakeholders early when developing or revising maritime plans. The Commission actively supports studies, projects and regional cooperation on co-existence and mitigation measures of offshore renewable energy developments: - since 2023, Horizon Europe has funded projects related to social and environmental interactions of wind energy 2 ; - the European Blue Forum, launched in 2023 3 , promotes a balance between economic growth, social well-being, and environmental sustainability; - the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) recently delivered an advice on the interactions between fisheries and offshore renewable energy production 4 ; - following a recommendation from the European Court of Auditors Special Report 22/2023 on Offshore renewable energy in the EU 5 , the Commission is carrying out a study on employment, skills and social implications of offshore renewable energy in the EU, expected by the end of 2026. On 1 July 2025, the Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans hosted an Implementation Dialogue on the MSP Directive 6 . The Commission’s reply to the advice from the North Western Waters Advisory Council will be publicly available in due time on their website 7 . 1 according to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, it means that the collective pressure of all human activities does not prevent good environmental status and sustainable use of marine goods and services by present and future generations. 2 https://cordis.europa.eu/programme/id/HORIZON_HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-08. 3 https://maritime-spatial-planning.ec.europa.eu/european-blue-forum. 4 https://iceslibrary.figshare.com/articles/report/EU_request_on_economic_social_and_ecological_impacts_of_offshore_win d_farms_OWFs_and_floating_offshore_wind_farms_FLOWs_on_fisheries_in_the_Baltic_Sea_Celtic_Seas_and _Greater_North_Sea/28759328?file=53600990. 5 https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/publications?ref=SR-2023-22. 6 https://oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/events/implementation-dialogue-implementation-maritime-spatialplanning-directive-2025-07-01_en. 7 https://www.nwwac.org/publications.26.html.”
  Environmental regulation of fisheries · Funding for fisheries and aquaculture
• 2024-10-10 “E-002012/2024 Answer given by Mr Kadis on behalf of the European Commission In the framework of the EU Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, the Commission has sent formal communications to Suriname and Venezuela, whose vessels are involved in these IUU fishing activities in French Guiana. Suriname provided some written elements to the Commission’s formal communication and a meeting is scheduled in the coming weeks. Venezuela acknowledged receipt of the Commission’s request. The Commission is monitoring the situation very closely and remains prepared to take action if necessary against these countries involved in IUU fishing in the waters of French Guiana. Member States are strongly encouraged to reinforce their controls of fishery products imported from this region to avoid the entry into the EU market of fishery products stemming from these IUU fishing activities. According to the Fisheries Control Regulation 1 , Member States are primarily responsible for controlling the fishing activities within the waters under their sovereignty and for allocating accordingly adequate financial and human resources to ensure that control. The 2023-2024 national French fishery control plan prioritises the control on illegal fishing by small scale fisheries of neighbouring third-country vessels operating in the French Guiana Exclusive Economic Zone. French local control measures include monitoring landings of the Venezuelan fleet (according to the bilateral agreement, 75% of the catches must be landed in the port of Cayenne) and control of vessels fishing for shrimp in French Guiana waters. 1 In particular Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/2842.”
  Environmental regulation of fisheries
• 2024-10-01 “E-001901/2024 Answer given by Mr Kadis on behalf of the European Commission For all Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs), the Commission is required to conduct an ex post evaluation when a protocol expires, as well as an ex ante evaluation setting out recommendations for a new SFPA implementing protocol. As part of this process, the Commission consults all stakeholders, including industry, in particular through the Long Distance Advisory Council. All evaluations are sent to the European Parliament and published on the website of the Publications Office of the European Union. The negotiating guidelines proposed by the Commission for adoption by the Council are based on these recommendations. They take the requirements of the European fleet fully into account, while ensuring compliance with the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, particularly when it comes to defining surplus. Negotiations with the partner country determine the outcome of any fisheries agreement that is ultimately signed. The fishing opportunities that are negotiated are then allocated to the Member States by means of a Council Regulation. With regard to the fisheries agreement with Morocco, the last implementing protocol expired in July 2023 and the corresponding evaluation has been published 1 . The Commission has taken note of the judgments handed down by the Court of Justice of the European Union 2 on the appeals brought against the judgment of the General Court of 29 September 2021, and is currently analysing them in detail. 1 https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2771/785958 2 C-778/21 P, C-798/21 P, C-779/21 P and C-799/21.”
  Fisheries access for developing countries · Environmental regulation of fisheries
• “Yes. Thank you, colleagues. And saying that prices have gone up. It's 30% in France for food, 150 for electricity and 120 for gas. These are having a terrible toll on the most vulnerable families, but actually on everybody. These are the result of Brussels policies. And the average French person just can't compute this. The prices that are being charged for food in the shops are ridiculous, and it should be made clear that 30 years of the cap has created this impact and effect on the cost of food which families desperately need. Consumers are real people and yet they are uprooted. They are globalised. They are treated as chattels. And these are people who don't have a proper home. They are consumers. They're workers, and they need to earn in order to pay their daily bills. Employers need to be in a position to create these jobs for them so that they can be they can work and they can be protected and they can actually live a decent life. They're quite the reverse of the policy you pursued for 30 years.”
  EU fiscal rules and oversight of national budgets
• “Thank you very much. And thank you, Mr.. Thank you very much for this work that you do every year. It's really difficult work. And you give us a very good overview of the state of our oceans. I think that's extremely interesting and extremely useful when it comes to the oceans. We haven't discussed it very much, but I think we all know that the Mediterranean is one of the seas that's most difficult to manage, which is very close to our hearts. On the one hand, it's it's an enclosed sea. And it's also under a lot of pressure from users, both from the north and the south. I know that the scientists recognized that there are a lot of unknowns. But nevertheless, you said that your study shows that 65% of species in the Mediterranean are overfished, although the amounts landed have been halved over 25 years. It's always difficult to interpret figures, but I think the figures that you are giving us are in line with the figures I've been given by fishers in the Mediterranean. Who is saying that there is a lot of tuna, perhaps even too much tuna, because it has a deleterious effect on the food chain. So I have a number of questions for you. Can you clarify? What the overfished species are? Can we also look at the impact of land based pollution on the Mediterranean? And what's the story when it comes to the impact of invasive species in the Mediterranean? I think. That the answers to that may be that the EU stops looking at the fishers as bad guys, and that we come up with a quota which will help to manage our seas.”
  Environmental regulation of fisheries
• “And also it is at the bottom of the food chain and therefore not one of the main concerns of the EU. Do you agree that we have to recognise the role of shellfish farming in boosting sustainability, food security and food sovereignty, as well as nutrition in Europe? There are also the first victims when the quality of our water deteriorates and shellfish farmers are actually guards, if you like, at the front line. I hope that the service to given to the ecosystem will be recognized by the EU. And then aquaculture. This helps with agriculture of food, the environment, energy. You might not know, but it captures carbon. But it also helps. Just like shellfish farming does in preserving and restoring our ecosystems. I'm French and in France we have the second biggest fisheries sector in the world. But yet we don't get support and there isn't proper follow up. I listen to what you had to say. We have an ace up our sleeve. There's a lot to look at and study and take into account, but I think that these sectors have a future, and I think that if we can work hand in glove, then of course, that's perfect. But we have to work together, and we have to all make sure that there's information and transparency provided to consumers. There's also the issue of freedom of choice. That's important. And we need to respect diversity. And we need to support all, uh, the, um, uh, subsectors in fisheries and agriculture. Thank you.”
  Funding for fisheries and aquaculture
• “This Ocean pact directly attacks our European fisheries. That the Commission is apparently wanting to sacrifice to the interests of free exchange and globalization. Now it strives to put powers over all of our oceans. There are no specific provisions against illegal fishing, nor against the privatization of our maritime areas for wind energy. And also it looks at the NGOs which are conducting disinformation against artisanal fishing, which are not their problem, but the start of the solution. And finally, defending and protecting our oceans depends on cooperation between free and sovereign nations. In nice during the UN Oceans Conference. Uh, a, um, an ambassador from Oceania called on us. On you. Uh, Mr. Caddis, you were saying, um, you say save our oceans, respect us, save our lifestyle and our identity. That's what we're calling for.”
  Environmental regulation of fisheries