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Inquiry into Proposed reforms to Common Fisheries Policy

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Meeting: 17/07/2013 - Environment and Sustainability Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

4 Update on reforms to the Common Fisheries Policy - Round-table discussion

Gareth Cunningham, Wales Environment Link

Dr Euan Dunn, RSPB Cymru

Clare Eno, Natural Resources Wales

Jeremy Percy, New Under Ten Fishermen's Association

Joanne Sherwood, Natural Resources Wales

Supporting documents:

  • Research Service briefing

Minutes:

4.1 The witnesses responded to questions from members of the Committee.

 

4.2 Jeremy Percy agreed to provide a copy of the note he produced for DEFRA on small scale fisheries.

Meeting: 11/07/2013 - Environment and Sustainability Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 State aids to fisheries and aquaculture - Discussion with Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM

E&S(4)-19-13 paper 2

 

Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM, Member, Committee of the Regions

Gregg Jones, Head of National Assembly for Wales EU Office

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 Rhodri Glyn Thomas responded to questions from members of the Committee.

Meeting: 22/02/2012 - Environment and Sustainability Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

Inquiry into Proposed reforms to Common Fisheries Policy - Draft letters of the Common Fisheries Policy Task and Finish Group

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee agreed the draft letters from the Common Fisheries Policy Task and Finish Group on proposed reforms to the Common Fisheries Policy.

Meeting: 22/02/2012 - Common Fisheries Policy Task and Finish Group - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

Inquiry into Proposed reforms to Common Fisheries Policy - Agreement of draft letters

Minutes:

3.1 The Group agreed the draft letters on the proposed reforms to the Common Fisheries Policy.

Meeting: 18/01/2012 - Common Fisheries Policy Task and Finish Group - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

Inquiry into Proposed reforms to Common Fisheries Policy - Evidence from the European Commission

Lowri Evans, Director General, DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

Joost Paardekooper, Policy Officer, Common Fisheries Policy and aquaculture, DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

 

Minutes:

2.1 The witnesses responded to questions from Members of the Task and Finish Group on the proposed reforms to the Common Fisheries Policy.

Meeting: 17/11/2011 - Common Fisheries Policy Task and Finish Group - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

2 Inquiry into Proposed reforms to Common Fisheries Policy: Evidence from The New Under Ten Fishermen's Association and Welsh Fisherman's Association

CFP(4)-04-11 Paper 1

          Jeremy Percy, The New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association

 

CFP(4)-04-11 Paper 2

          Jim Evans, Welsh Fisherman’s Association

Sarah Horsfall, Seafish

James Wilson, Bangor Mussel Producers

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1     The Committee received evidence from the New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association and the Welsh Fisherman’s Association.

2.2     Jeremy Percy agreed to provide a paper that was put forward to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

2.3     Jim Evans and James Wilson agreed to provide a further note on the relationship with the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW).

 

Meeting: 03/11/2011 - Common Fisheries Policy Task and Finish Group - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

4 Inquiry into Proposed reforms to the Common Fisheries Policy - Evidence from the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and European Programmes

CFP(4)-03-11 paper 3

Alun Davies AM, Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and European Programmes

Rory O'Sullivan, Director, Rural Affairs

Stuart Evans, Head of Fisheries Policy

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1     The Committee received evidence from the Deputy Minister, who agreed to write to the Committee before Christmas, updating them on his discussions with the UK Minister regarding non-quota species and on the concordat.   

 

Meeting: 03/11/2011 - Common Fisheries Policy Task and Finish Group - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 Inquiry into Proposed reforms to the Common Fisheries Policy - Evidence from Wales Environment Link

CFP(4)-03-11 paper 2

          John Clark, RSPB Cymru

Debbie Crockard, Marine Conservation Society

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1     The Committee received evidence from the Wales Environment Link, who agreed to provide further evidence on historic fishing rights.

 

Meeting: 03/11/2011 - Common Fisheries Policy Task and Finish Group - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

2 Inquiry into Proposed reforms to the Common Fisheries Policy - Evidence from Countryside Council for Wales

CFP(4)-03-11 paper 1

                Dr Clare Eno, Senior Fisheries Advisor

Dr Sue Gubbay, CCW Council Member

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1     The Committee received evidence from the Countryside Council for Wales, who agreed to provide information on the cost of the new Vehicle Monitoring System (VMS).

 

Meeting: 13/10/2011 - Common Fisheries Policy Task and Finish Group - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

Inquiry into Proposed reforms to Common Fisheries Policy - Evidence from the European Commission

Via video conference:

 

Joost Paardekooper, Policy Officer, Common Fisheries Policy and aquaculture, DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

 

 

Minutes:

2.1 The Committee agreed to postpone the evidence due to the technical difficulties in using the video conference system.

 

2.2 The Chair closed the meeting.

Meeting: 05/10/2011 - Common Fisheries Policy Task and Finish Group - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

2 Common Fisheries Policy - Briefing from the Institute for European Environmental Policy

CFP(4)-01-11 paper 1

          Indrani Lutchman, Head of the Sustainable Fisheries Programme

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1 Ms Lutchman gave a presentation to the group on the proposals for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.

 

2.2 Ms Lutchman responded to questions from Members of the group.

 

2.3 Ms Lutchman agreed to provide additional information on the IEEP healthcheck, examples of good practice of small scale fishing systems in Europe, figures on fish discards and details of ICES publications on multi-species yield.

Meeting: 29/09/2011 - Environment and Sustainability Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)

5 Common Fisheries Policy Task and Finish Group - Agreement of terms of reference (11:30 - 11:35)

E&S(4)-05-11 paper 4

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee agreed the terms of reference for the Common Fisheries Policy Task and Finish Group.

Meeting: 21/09/2011 - Environment and Sustainability Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)

Establishment of Task and Finish Group on the Common Fisheries Policy (11.45 - 12.00)

E&S(4)-04-11 paper 3 – to follow

 

Minutes:

6.1 The Committee agreed the following motion to establish a Common Fisheries Policy Task and Finish Group under Standing Order 17.17:

 

That the committee resolves to establish a Common Fisheries Policy Task and Finish Group;

that the remit of that Task and Finish Group is to consider the European Commission’s proposals for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy on Wales, make recommendations to the Welsh Government on priorities in negotiations and to influence the wider CFP reform debate and that it will dissolve no later than the end of 2012 or once the negotiations on the legislative proposals for CFP are completed, whichever is earliest.

that the membership of the Common Fisheries Policy Task and Finish Group comprises Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM, Llyr Huws Gruffydd AM, Julie James AM, William Powell AM, David Rees AM and Antoinette Sandbach AM with Julie James AM elected as a Chair.

 

 

 

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