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Paper on the Proposed Marine Strategy Directive Published
Volume 12 of the Journal of International Maritime Law contains a paper by IEEP's Andrew Farmer on the proposed EU marine strategy Directive, including details of its contents and development and how it ...
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Promoting the use of marine protected areas in the UK and Europe
IEEP has launched a project aiming to promote the use of marine protected areas (MPAs) in UK and European fisheries and marine environment policies. The two-year project, running from 2006 to 2008, is ...
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El Anzuelo Volume 16
European newsletter on fisheries and the environment.This issue: Focus on IUU FishingThis edition focuses on Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported fishing following the conclusion of the ...
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Policy Brief for the EP Environment Committee: Marine Thematic Strategy
This briefing considers the following issues relating to the Thematic Strategy on the protection and Conservation of the Marine Environment: the adequacy of the proposal with reference to marine conventions ...
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Aquatic Alien Species and the Water Framework workshop
This workshop in Brussels on 8/9 March was organised by the UK-TAG supporting implementation of the Water Framework Directive (see www.wfduk.org/). It allowed Member State representatives to share experiences ...
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Institutional Interplay and Responsible Fisheries: Combatting Subsidies, Developing Precaution
This paper describes the interactions between EU fisheries policies and international conventions. Published in: Institutional Interaction in Global Environmental Governance, Eds. Sebastian Oberthur and ...
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The Application of Strategic Environmental Assessments in the UK Fisheries Sector
The application of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Directive to the fisheries sector has not been attempted before in the EU; consequently many questions remain unanswered. Who should carry ...
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Policy Framework for Improving Management of the Deep-Water
Report on the management options for the deepwater net fishery to the west and north of Great Britain and Ireland now available.
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INDECO: A review of modelling methods of indicators for the identification of impacts on marine ecosystems
This deliverable constitutes deliverable number 9 of the INDECO project. The aim of the project was to review potentially useful modelling methods that can be used to identify the ecosystem indicators ...
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El Anzuelo Volume 15
European newsletter on fisheries and the environment.This issue: Achieving Competitiveness
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INDECO: Review of the indicators for ecosystem structure and functioning
This report constitutes deliverables 5, 6 and 7 of the INDECO project. The aim of this report was to review available indicators at the levels of population, community and ecosystem. INDECO is a Sixth ...
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Ghost Fishing by Lost Fishing Gear
‘Ghost fishing’ is the term given to the continued fishing by fishing gear that has been lost or abandoned. It is largely confined to ‘passive gears’ such as gillnets, trammel nets, wreck nets, and traps. ...
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Issues with Marine Wildlife Enforcement - Report to the Countryside Council for Wales
This report assesses the state of marine wildlife enforcement in the UK’s 12-mile zone. A desk-based review was carried out, drawing on the results of other recent reviews and publications, along with ...
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Policy Framework for Improving Management of the Deep-Water Net Fishery of the West and North of Great Britain and Ireland
The recent 'DEEPNET' report brought to light a number of management issues, including both illegal and wasteful fishing practices, in the deepwater fixed net fishery prosecuted to the West and North of ...
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Harnessing the proposed European Fisheries Fund
In 2004, the European Commission proposed a new financial instrument for fisheries - the European Fisheries Fund - to cover the period 2007-2013. The fund would replace the Financial Instrument for Fisheries ...
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INDECO: Review of the Usage of Socio-economic Indicators on the Environmental Impact of Fishing Activities
This report constitutes deliverable number 8 of the INDECO project. The aim of the report is to review the usage of socio-economic indicators on the environmental impact of fishing ...
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INDECO: A review of the current management framework - Policy objectives for which indicators are needed
This report constitutes deliverable number 4 of the INDECO project. The aim of the report is to identify the policy objectives for which indicators are needed as a tool to measure ...
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INDECO: Indicators - An Overview Internal Paper for Discussion
This note was prepared as a follow-up on the INDECO kick-off meeting on 15.12.2004. It is not intended to be an exhaustive literature review. Rather its function is to assist in forging an ...
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Challenges for Sustainable EU Fisheries - Conclusions from the high level conference
Under the patronage of the Dutch Presidency of the Council, IEEP and the Fisheries Secretariat organised a high level conference to discuss the environmental challenges facing the EU fisheries sector and ...
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Proceedings of the IEEP/CCW workshop on the marine implementation of NATURA 2000 and its implications for inshore fisheries
The workshop, held in Aberystwyth on 9 February 2005, provided a timely opportunity to discuss the implications of implementing the habitats and birds Directives for the inshore fishing sector, especially ...