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"The Commission agrees with the Iotova report’s overall assessment of the situation: the Black Sea requires an improved and coordinated approach to regional fisheries management, scientific research and surveillance of fishing activities.
Cooperation is a key requirement in improving fisheries management in the Black Sea. The Commission is willing to join forces and work with the European Parliament and all the parties involved.
As part of the integrated maritime policy, the Commission is currently working on a pillar for the Black Sea regional process with the aim of adapting the tools developed at EU level to the challenges faced by the region and to the opportunities for this basin. This strategy will be integrated into the EU Strategy for the Black Sea developed by the European External Action Service.
We are pleased to see that the efforts to establish working groups with Russia and Turkey in order to discuss fisheries cooperation in a more detailed manner have been welcomed by Parliament.
As regards the future of regional governance, we are open to exploring the possibility of a new multilateral convention on fisheries management if the dialogue with the region goes in that direction.
Nevertheless, in line with Parliament’s conclusions, we have endeavoured to strengthen, in the short term, the role of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) in the light of its existing powers in the region.
We agree with the report’s conclusion that a stable, long-term system providing regular scientific opinions needs to be established. In the short term, the Commission has taken steps to ensure that the GFCM’s scientific advisory committee is involved to a greater extent and is kept up to date, and a first meeting on the Black Sea is scheduled for January 2012.
In the meantime, the Commission has been engaged in providing regular scientific opinions through the working group of its Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries. Scientists from Ukraine, Turkey and the Russian Federation will take part in the meeting of that committee in October.
The Commission shares the view expressed in the report concerning the need to carry out coordinated research and studies. It intends to contribute financially to the Black Sea-Fish project, which will be launched by the Food and Agriculture Organisation soon. Turkey is also one of the most enthusiastic supporters of this project.
As regards the most appropriate management measures, I think that we need to look in more detail at the advice on total allowable catches and quotas, as well as the management plans. We feel it is important to stress that they should not be regarded as mutually exclusive measures."@en1
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