joint-ngo-letter-to-fisheries-committee-meps-highlighting-main-concerns-about-emff-coll-en-0d9676fb524fae5a.pdf

The document argues that the post-2020 European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), which allocates over 6 billion euros for 2021-2027, must not include harmful subsidies. The authors highlight that 69% of European fish stocks are overfished and that re-introducing subsidies for new fishing vessels—which were banned since 2004—would increase fishing effort and contradict the EU's international commitments under Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14.6 and World Trade Organization negotiations.

• The post-2020 European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) involves the allocation of more than 6 billion euros in public funding for the 2021-2027 period to support fisheries, aquaculture, and marine environment protection.
• The authors express concern that the former European Parliament's position re-introduced harmful subsidies, specifically those for constructing new fishing vessels that had been banned since 2004, which scientists warn will lead to increased fishing effort and overfishing.
• Approximately 69% of European fish stocks are currently overfished, and the authors argue that maintaining economic incentives to fish beyond ecological limits prevents the achievement of sustainable fisheries.
• The EU has international commitments via Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14.6 to ban harmful subsidies contributing to overcapacity and overfishing by 2020, a goal the authors claim is contradicted by the former European Parliament's position and current WTO negotiations.

APA

ClientEarth (n.d.). joint-ngo-letter-to-fisheries-committee-meps-highlighting-main-concerns-about-emff-coll-en-0d9676fb524fae5a.pdf. https://www.clientearth.org/media/4bxnjcay/joint-ngo-letter-to-fisheries-committee-meps-highlighting-main-concerns-about-emff-coll-en.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. joint-ngo-letter-to-fisheries-committee-meps-highlighting-main-concerns-about-emff-coll-en-0d9676fb524fae5a.pdf. n.d. https://www.clientearth.org/media/4bxnjcay/joint-ngo-letter-to-fisheries-committee-meps-highlighting-main-concerns-about-emff-coll-en.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{clientearthndjointngolettertofisheriescommitteemepshighlightingmainconcernsaboutemffcollen0d9676fb524fae5apdf, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{joint-ngo-letter-to-fisheries-committee-meps-highlighting-main-concerns-about-emff-coll-en-0d9676fb524fae5a.pdf}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/4bxnjcay/joint-ngo-letter-to-fisheries-committee-meps-highlighting-main-concerns-about-emff-coll-en.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }