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Countdown to 2020: How Far Has the EU Come in Ending Overfishing?
Four years after the reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) entered into force, the 2020 deadline to end overfishing in European Union waters is quickly approaching.
On Wednesday, 21 February 2018, The Pew Charitable Trusts hosted an all-day conference, “Countdown to 2020: How Far Has the EU Come in Ending Overfishing?” in Brussels. The event brought together decision makers and stakeholders from across Europe for a dialogue on the progress made in implementing the CFP and additional steps to secure sustainable fisheries by 2020.
Watch the event rebroadcast to hear insights from policymakers, industry leaders, environmentalists and others. Karmenu Vella, the European commissioner for environment, maritime affairs and fisheries, delivered the keynote address.
Countdown to 2020: How far has the EU come in ending overfishing? Part 1: 09.30 - 11:15 [No text in field]
PART 1: 09:30 – 11:15
Welcome speech by Andrew Clayton, project director of Pew’s Ending Overfishing in Northwestern Europe campaign
The reform of the Common Fisheries Policy, civil society engagement, and ambitions achieved: Monica Verbeek, executive director of Seas at Risk, former Steering Group member of the OCEAN2012 campaign
Challenge 1: How much progress has been made toward ending overfishing by 2020?
Panel speakers:
Maja Kirchner, DG MARE, European Commission Javier Garat, Europêche Mark Dickey-Collas, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Andrew Clayton, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Countdown to 2020: How far has the EU come in ending overfishing? Part 2: 11:45 – 12:45
Part 2: 11:45 – 12:45
Challenge 2: Regionalisation—Implementing the Common Fisheries Policy through multi-annual plans
Panel speakers:
Ulrike Rodust, Member of the European Parliament Esther Winterhoff, Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union Justyna Zajchowska, advisor to Pew’s European Marine Programme
Countdown to 2020: How far has the EU come in ending overfishing? Part 3: 14:15 – 15:30
Dave Reid, Marine Institute, DiscardLess Project, work package leader: adaptation of fishing strategies
Panel speakers:
Mike Park, Scottish White Fish Producers Association Colm O Suilleabhain, Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine, Ireland Irene Kingma, Dutch Elasmobranch Society
Countdown to 2020: How far has the EU come in ending overfishing? Part 4: 16:00 – 17:00