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🚨After 5 years of negotiations, @europarl_en has just voted to APPROVE an agreement on reforming #fisheriescontrol regulation.
This constitutes the biggest 🇪🇺 fisheries reform in a decade that can make the EU a leading force in promoting sustainable and fair fisheries across 🌏
Yesterday @EP_Trade @EP_SingleMarket took a key step toward a 🇪🇺 #forcedlabour products ban.
But 🇪🇺 must be able to do more to fight against systemic #forcedlabour 🌏.
#Staytuned as TODAY @Europarl_EN VOTES on a final position on:
🇪🇺 biggest #fisheries reform in a decade
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ALT https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/OJQ-9-2023-10-17_EN.html
In her #SOTEU 2021 @vonderleyen_epp announced a proposal to ban on products made with forced labour.
Today the 🇪🇺 Forced Labour Regulation is in the official journal: eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont…
Now on to robust implementation that can help end human rights abuse, including in 🎣,
ALT https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202403015
New reporting by @oc_spit in @DeGroene reveals🇳🇱 is failing to even do the bare minimum necessary to check 🇷🇺🎣 landings, turning 🇪🇺 into a 🧀.
"It is simply unacceptable" - @Amelie_Giardini of @ejfoundation.
Time to act @EU_MARE @ministerLVVN @sandersmitwzn to 🛑#IUUfishing?
“NL maakt een gatenkaas van het EU beleid om de markt vrij te houden van illegaal gevangen vis,” zegt @Amelie_Giardini @ejfoundation.
“Nederland is draaischijf voor RU’s illegale visserij-activiteiten. De winst daarvan wordt gebruikt om de oorlog in Oekraïne te financieren.” 10/
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Wat is nodig? Het toezicht in NL op de voor RU lucratieve vishandel faalt. NL🇳🇱, maak daar nu eens goed werk van! @2eKamerTweets @minlvvn @ministerlvvn @staslvvn @maksymeristavi @vladvlas @OlenaHalushka @dkaleniuk @ANTAC_ua @ICUVua @NFdep 20/
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Onderzoek | De haven van Velsen is Europa’s belangrijkste handelspost voor Russische witvis. Maar tonnen vangst zijn illegaal en de Nederlandse controle is belabberd. Nederland ondergraaft daarmee Europees beleid en spekt Poetins oorlogskas.
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Morocco must improve its surveillance and control of illegal activities and, with the EU, support 🎣 communities to sustainably transition from driftnets by the end of 2025.
The EU must also more closely inspect their imports to prevent illegally caught fish from entering.
ALT Image of a fishing vessel with three people. A driftnet is floating from the boat.
❗️ @CostasKadis in conf hearing repeatedly acknowledging 🐟 misreporting as an issue in EU waters #BalticSea.
Accurate catch data is key for producing science-based advice on how much 🐟 can sustainably be caught.
This requires full implementation of 🇪🇺 #fisheriescontrol rules
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#SHOCKING 🆕 data presented at the @LDAC_eu today by my @ejfoundation colleague @Amelie_Giardini:
< 1%‼️ of fisheries products imported into the EU were checked out by 🇪🇺Member States. Even fewer were #rejected between 2018-2023.
Its' even worse for imports from 🇨🇳& 🇷🇺.
🧵👇
Today in @EP_Fisheries @thomasbajada raised with @EU_MARE what more 🇪🇺 can do to fisheries control standards on remote electronic monitoring 📹 🌍 in regional fisheries management org #ICCAT.
It’s key 🇪🇺 leads the global charge #levelplayingfield
👉 ejfoundation.org/news-media/…
#SHOCKING 🆕 data presented at the @LDAC_eu today by my @ejfoundation colleague @Amelie_Giardini:
< 1%‼️ of fisheries products imported into the EU were checked out by 🇪🇺Member States. Even fewer were #rejected between 2018-2023.
Its' even worse for imports from 🇨🇳& 🇷🇺.
🧵👇
These findings align with of the @EUauditors 2022 report👇:
Its central recommendation to address "differences in scope and quality of checks by Member States that weaken the system" by 2026 remains valid and must be heeded.
👉 eca.europa.eu/en/publication…
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To stop imports from seafood companies engaging in illegal fishing, strict import control are critical.
How can #EU help? See @ejfoundation 👇
ejfoundation.org/resources/d…
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Today, @anjahazekamp asked what the @EU_Commission will do not just about the fires in the Amazon rainforest, but also in the Pantanal wetland and Cerrado savanna.
“The ash I have here comes from the Pantanal region... Europe also has this on its conscience."
ALT Anja Hazekamp MEP holding a vial of ash, speaking at a podium.
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“In 2023, more than 50% of global river catchment areas showed abnormal conditions, with most being in deficit. This was similar in 2022 and 2021.” theguardian.com/environment/…
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Congratulations to the elected Chair and Vice-Chairs of the @Europarl_EN Delegation for China. This country may be the world’s seafood hub, but the EU’s market power is unmatched. The D-CN can help achieve sustainable, legal, and ethical fisheries: ejfoundation.org/reports/unc…
New 🇪🇺 @EU_MARE measures to monitor 🎥👀 incidental catches of 🐬 in 🎣 #BayOfBiscay👇
"Member States shall collect data on catches of common dolphins and other small cetaceans through on-board observers or electronic monitoring systems incorporating cameras"
#FisheriesControl
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Finally, @A_LisaCorrado outlines the road to Belém, providing wetlands the funding and support they urgently need and deserve.
The EU can play a key role in mobilising investment and delivering tangible outcomes for wetlands, offering a brighter, more resilient future.
ALT Dr Annalisa Corrado MEP is quoted as saying “A wetlands-focused structure, as we did for forests, is a great opportunity. We have to start it at COP29, and finalise it in Belém”, over an image of a muddy river in Brazil's Pantanal, with vibrant growth either side of it.
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The Brazilian Pantanal is definitely proof that failing to recognise the interdependence of biodiversity and climate change results in disaster, says @florikafink.
Nature-based solutions are win-win solutions which go hand in hand with other climate solutions like renewables.
ALT "Put nature front and centre. We are not doing this enough, and that is a big issue for us", attributed to Dr Florika Fink-Hoojier, Director-General at DG Environment, European Commission, over an aerial photo of bright green trees in the Pantanal, Brazil.