Renewal of the Specific Agreement with ICES – Ensuring scientific advice on fishing opportunities fully reflects EU legal requirements and policy objectives

A joint letter from environmental organisations to the European Commission calling for the integration of rebuilding targets, ecosystem-based approaches, and long-term biomass projections into the ICES scientific advice process for fisheries.

• The authors argue that current ICES advice on fishing opportunities is insufficient because it does not focus on recovering fish populations within specific timeframes, preventing populations from falling outside safe biological limits, or delivering 'Good Environmental Status' (GES) under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD).
• The signatories request that the European Commission ask ICES to provide advice explicitly designed to rebuild fish populations above sustainable levels using ambitious timeframes and to respect safeguards in Multi-Annual Plans (MAPs).

APA

ClientEarth (2025). Renewal of the Specific Agreement with ICES – Ensuring scientific advice on fishing opportunities fully reflects EU legal requirements and policy objectives. https://www.clientearth.org/media/zkdbd5nm/joint-letter-to-commissioner-on-ices-scientific-advice-on-fishing-opportunities-final.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. Renewal of the Specific Agreement with ICES – Ensuring scientific advice on fishing opportunities fully reflects EU legal requirements and policy objectives. 2025. https://www.clientearth.org/media/zkdbd5nm/joint-letter-to-commissioner-on-ices-scientific-advice-on-fishing-opportunities-final.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=ClientEarth |title=Renewal of the Specific Agreement with ICES – Ensuring scientific advice on fishing opportunities fully reflects EU legal requirements and policy objectives |date=11 April 2025 |url=https://www.clientearth.org/media/zkdbd5nm/joint-letter-to-commissioner-on-ices-scientific-advice-on-fishing-opportunities-final.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2025renewal, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{Renewal of the Specific Agreement with ICES – Ensuring scientific advice on fishing opportunities fully reflects EU legal requirements and policy objectives}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2025}, month = apr, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/zkdbd5nm/joint-letter-to-commissioner-on-ices-scientific-advice-on-fishing-opportunities-final.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }