Fisheries sustainability and environmental coverage for oceans in Costa Kadi's portfolio – What Von der Leyen spells out in her letter asking him to take over as Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans
Answerable for the sustainability of the EU's coastal communities, the way forward for the Frequent Fisheries Coverage and the competitiveness of the fisheries sector throughout the EU and internationally, but in addition the event of the EU's general ocean coverage in relation to the marine atmosphere and spatial planning planning, Fee President Ursula von der Leyen designates Costas Kadi, amongst others.
As Ms von der Leyen clarifies within the letter by which she asks him to take over the duties of Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, and which was revealed after the official bulletins on the Fee's web site, as a rule, Mr Kadis will work below the steerage of the Govt Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms, who would be the Italian Raffaele Fito. The Commissioner's work can be supported by the Fee's Directorate-Normal for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.
It’s recalled that Mr. Kadis, like all of the Commissioners, should undergo a listening to by the competent committee of the European Parliament, earlier than the Plenary known as to ratify the appointment of the brand new members of the Fee as a complete.
Ms Von der Leyen famous that “fisheries are the lifeblood of our coastal communities and economies, a part of our traditions and important to our future, as they guarantee a wholesome provide of meals to the markets of Europe and the world”.
He additionally famous that because the EU is a “main maritime energy”, the oceans “are very important to our safety and competitiveness and to the well being of our planet, offering alternatives for a lot of sectors and regulating our local weather as the biggest carbon sink on the planet”.
As a part of the brand new Fee's work on EU meals safety and dietary self-sufficiency, Ms von der Leyen asks Mr Kadi to develop and implement “a long-term imaginative and prescient for a resilient, aggressive and sustainable European fisheries, aquaculture and different sectors of the blue economic system', and to make sure that the EU has a number one function in world efforts 'to revive the well being and security of the world's oceans' and help coastal communities.
Specifically, concerning the Frequent Fisheries Coverage (CFP), the President of the Fee calls on Mr. Kadi to make sure its efficient implementation in all Member States to help the fisheries and aquaculture sectors and their competitiveness all through the EU , reaching sustainable fish shares and minimizing the influence of fishing on the marine ecosystem.
It additionally calls on him to finish the analysis of the CFP and draw up the EU's imaginative and prescient for the fisheries sector with a view to 2040 and to take applicable measures to strengthen the sector, in addition to to create jobs.
The President of the Fee additionally requires actions to “defend the European fishing chain from unfair world competitors, particularly with regard to seafood merchandise”, in addition to to make sure secure and predictable entry to neighboring waters, but in addition to develop a strategic method concerning worldwide relations in fisheries, together with in relation to unlawful, unreported and unregulated fishing.
On this context, he continues, Mr. Kadis will work to conclude new agreements on sustainable fisheries with third international locations which can be in line with the EU's broader regional methods and priorities, particularly for Africa and the Indo-Pacific.
Mr Kadi's work over the following 5 years, Ms Von der Leyen factors out, can be framed by a brand new European Pact on Oceans, which is able to “guarantee coherence throughout all ocean-related coverage areas”, help coastal areas and the blue economic system, the coherent administration of the usage of seas and oceans and the event of an built-in agenda for experience, innovation and funding within the sector.
Mr. Kadi's duty can even be to strengthen the EU's method to marine spatial planning to optimize the varied makes use of of the ocean and its financial potential, whereas making certain its well being and resilience.
It’ll even be known as upon to develop an EU technique for analysis and innovation below the 2030 ocean restoration goal.
Amongst different issues, Ms Von der Leyen asks Mr Kadi to research whether or not initiatives for European blue carbon shares (to retailer carbon dioxide in marine ecosystems) and the creation of a brand new enterprise mannequin for coastal communities.
It additionally calls on the brand new Cypriot Commissioner to make sure that the EU leads efforts to ratify the Biodiversity Conference past nationwide jurisdiction and incorporate it into EU regulation, and to develop a strategic method to EU diplomacy on oceans in view of the UN Ocean Convention in Good in 2025.
Mr Kadis can even be requested to contribute to local weather change adaptation planning given its impacts on coastal areas, and to be current in coastal communities throughout the EU organizing dialogues on fisheries and oceans, “particularly to assist plan of the European Pact on the Oceans in a collaborative and inclusive method and hearken to the views of all stakeholders, together with small-scale and artisanal fisheries.”
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