Parliament delegation in Croatia to look into fisheries restricted areas
The challenges of fisheries restricted areas will be the focus of a Fisheries Committee delegation to Split and Hvar, in Croatia, from 19 to 21 June.
Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries will meet with authorities, representatives from the industry and fishers, as well as non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and researchers to learn more from their experience of the fisheries restricted areas.
This fact-finding mission will be based in Split, where MEPs will have the opportunity to learn about the legal framework in place and enforcement of the fisheries restricted area. On the first day, MEPs will also meet with representatives from the Institute for Oceanography and Fisheries, to collect information on the state of stocks in Jabuka/Pomo Pit and their recovery.
On the second day of the visit, MEPs will meet with a member of the Guild for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Agriculture from Split Dalmatia County, to learn more about the role of the fishers in restricting fisheries and how they have been coping with it. Then, MEPs will travel by boat to Hvar with two NGOs and representatives from the Public Institution Sea and Karst. MEPs will later visit the protected landscape of the Pakleni Islands, a Natura 2000 site.
On the third and last day of the delegation visit, MEPs will visit the University of Split and its Department of Marine Studies.
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Ahead of the mission, Pierre Karleskind, Chair of the Fisheries Committee and head of delegation said: “At a time when the EU is legislating on the protection and restoration of ecosystems and biodiversity, this mission to Croatia is a great opportunity to see what is being done on the ground. Fisheries restricted areas such as the one of Jabuka Pomo Pit are potential examples to be replicated elsewhere in the EU, so I look forward to exchanging views with local stakeholders”.
Members of the delegation
- Pierre Karleskind (Renew, France)
- Isabel Carvalhais (S&D, Portugal)
- Ska Keller (Greens/EFA, Germany)
- Ladislav Ilčić (ECR, Croatia)
Contacts:
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Raquel Ramalho LOPES
Press officer