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Common Fisheries Policy

1.      New Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Mrs Maria Damanak says that EU subsidies should be better focused towards policy objectives.
2.      European Commission proposes CITES listing and trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna from 2011
3.      European Ombudsman criticises Commission error of days at sea for Scottish fishermen
4.      European Council amends quotas for Baltic Salmon
5.      Commission sets out multi-annual programme for fisheries data collection
6.      European Parliament endorses ecosystem approach to marine resource management

Fish hygiene

7.      Twenty seven rapid alerts notified to DG SANCO in respective of non-compliant consignments of fishery products
8.      DG SANCO publishes report on Sierra Leone; official controls for fishery products only partially implemented
9.      DG SANCO publishes report on Myanmar; controls for fishery products not considered equivalent
10.     DG SANCO publishes report on bivalve controls in China;  deficiencies in the monitoring system and laboratories
11.     DG SANCO publishes report on residue controls in Vietnam; broadly compliant with EC requirements
12.     European Food Safety Authority reports on food-borne outbreaks in 2008; 1,381 confirmed Listeria infections; smoked fish implicated
13.     European Commission provides funding for EU sampling survey of Listeria monocytogenes
14.     EFSA’s Advisory Forum calls for establishment of a pan-European food consumption survey (EU Menu)
15.     EFSA and Spanish Food Safety Agency (AESAN) host scientific workshop on assessment of risks related to the import of foods

Link to these key developments in EU fisheries and fish trade policy and legislation at MEGAPESCA.