MANAGEMENT OF DEEP SEA FISH STOCKS (5881/07)
Letter from the Chairman to Ben Bradshaw
MP, Minister for Local Environment, Marine and Animal Welfare,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Your Explanatory Memorandum on the above Communication
was considered by Sub-Committee D at its meeting of 21 March 2007.
We are pleased to note that the Government agrees
with the Commission's sobering analysis of the management regime
in place for deep sea fish stocks. The analysis suggests that
action is urgently required if further stock depletion is to be
avoided. We would suggest that action ought to be taken before
the current Regulation ends in December 2008.
We are content to clear the Communication from
scrutiny but we would be grateful for an update from you on what
the Commission has in mind for future action once you have had
an opportunity to raise this with the Commission.
26 March 2007
Letter from Ben Bradshaw MP to the Chairman
Thank you for your letter of 26 March about
the Commission's Communication on deep sea fish stocks.
You suggested that action shoud be taken before
the current Regulation ends in December 2008. The Commission has
not yet announced how it plans to act on the conclusions in their
recommendation and the Presidency have not tabled the document
for discussion in the internal Fisheries Group. However, the Communication
has been discussed briefly in the fisheries management committee
and Member States have been asked to comment on any possible misreporting
of catches.
I will, of course, let you know if any further
information emerges.
30 April 2007
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