Joint statement of NGOs on the mission letter addressed to the Commissioner-designate for Environment and Oceans

Five environmental NGOs express concern that the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) for 2021-2027, which allocates over 6 billion euros, may reintroduce harmful subsidies for fishing vessel construction. They argue this would increase overcapacity and overfishing while undermining EU credibility in World Trade Organisation negotiations to ban such subsidies under UN Sustainable Development Goal 14.6.

• The proposed European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) for 2021-2027 involves the allocation of more than 6 billion euros of public subsidies for aquaculture, fisheries, and marine environment protection.
• The European Parliament and the Council have proposed introducing 'disguised subsidies' for the construction of fishing vessels, a practice that had been banned in the EU for 15 years, which the NGOs claim will lead to increased overfishing and fleet overcapacity.
• Reintroducing harmful subsidies within the EMFF would damage the EU's international standing and hinder World Trade Organisation negotiations aimed at banning such subsidies as required by United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14.6.

APA

ClientEarth (n.d.). Joint statement of NGOs on the mission letter addressed to the Commissioner-designate for Environment and Oceans. https://www.clientearth.org/media/hbrfseuk/joint-ngo-statement-on-the-mission-letter-addressed-to-the-commissioner-designate-for-environment-and-oceans-coll-en.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. Joint statement of NGOs on the mission letter addressed to the Commissioner-designate for Environment and Oceans. n.d. https://www.clientearth.org/media/hbrfseuk/joint-ngo-statement-on-the-mission-letter-addressed-to-the-commissioner-designate-for-environment-and-oceans-coll-en.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{clientearthndjoint, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{Joint statement of NGOs on the mission letter addressed to the Commissioner-designate for Environment and Oceans}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/hbrfseuk/joint-ngo-statement-on-the-mission-letter-addressed-to-the-commissioner-designate-for-environment-and-oceans-coll-en.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }