Fisheries Committee

The Committee on Fisheries (PECH) is one of the 20 standing committees of the European Parliament .

The areas of responsibility of the committee are defined in a self-description as:

"1. the functioning and development of the common fisheries policy and its management;
2. the conservation of fish stocks;
3. the common organization of the market in fishery products;
4. Structural policies in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors, including financial instruments for fisheries guidance;
5. the international fisheries agreement. "

- Committee on Fisheries : Official website

The Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs and his Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries as well as the Council for Agriculture and Fisheries , which is sometimes incorrectly abbreviated as the Fisheries Committee, are assigned to the Committee .

Current electoral term

Committee chairman Karleskind (2020)

In the 9th electoral term since February 19, 2020, the board of the committee consists of the chairman Pierre Karleskind ( ReM / RE ) and the deputy chairmen Peter van Dalen ( CU / EPP ), Søren Gade ( Venstre / RE), Giuseppe Ferrandino ( PD / S&D ) and Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar ( PSD / EVP). After the UK left the EU , the chairmanship was vacant at short notice, as the previous chairman Chris Davies left Parliament. The post remained with the Renew Europe group.

The committee consists of seven EPP, six S&D, four RE, three ID , three G / EFA , two EKR , one GUE / NGL MP and two non-attached members. Then there are the deputy members.

Chairperson

since 2020: Pierre Karleskind (ReM / RE)
2019-2020: Chris Davies ( LibDem / RE)
2014–2019: Alain Cadec ( UMP or LR / EVP)
2012–2014: Gabriel Mato Adrover ( PP / EVP)
2009–2012: Carmen Fraga Estévez (PP / EVP)
2004–2009: Philippe Morillon ( UdF or MD / ALDE )
2002–2004: Struan Stevenson ( Tories / EVP)
1999–2002: Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PP / EVP)
1997–1999: Carmen Fraga Estévez (PP / EPP)

Web links

Official website on the European Parliament website europarl.europa.eu

Individual evidence

^ The Parliamentary Committees: Fisheries. (No longer available online.) In: European Parliament. Archived from the original on February 11, 2012 ; Retrieved February 12, 2012 .
↑ Markus Beckedahl : EU Council decides to join ACTA in the Fisheries Committee. In: netzpolitik.org . December 16, 2011, accessed March 20, 2020 .
^ Election of New Chair Pierre Karleskind (Renew). In: European Parliament. March 3, 2020, accessed on March 20, 2020 .
^ Parliament's committees-elect chairs and vice-chairs. In: European Parliament. July 10, 2019, accessed on July 18, 2019 .

[1] The Parliamentary Committees: Fisheries. (No longer available online.) In: European Parliament. Archived from the original on February 11, 2012 ; Retrieved February 12, 2012 .

[2] Markus Beckedahl : EU Council decides to join ACTA in the Fisheries Committee. In: netzpolitik.org . December 16, 2011, accessed March 20, 2020 .

[3] Election of New Chair Pierre Karleskind (Renew). In: European Parliament. March 3, 2020, accessed on March 20, 2020 .

[4] Parliament's committees-elect chairs and vice-chairs. In: European Parliament. July 10, 2019, accessed on July 18, 2019 .