Proposal for a Council Decision establishing the position to be adopted in the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO)

By Council Decision 2012/130/EU, the European Union approved the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean, which established the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO). The SPRFMO is responsible for the adoption of measures designed to ensure the long-term conservation and sustainable use of the fishery resources in the Convention Area and to safeguard the marine eco-systems in which these resources occur. Such measures may become binding upon the Union.

The position to be adopted on behalf of the Union is currently established according to a two tier approach. A Council Decision sets out the guiding principles and orientations of the Union's position on a multiannual basis, which is thereafter adjusted for each annual meeting by Commission non-papers to be discussed in the Council Working Party.

As regards the SPRFMO, Council Decision 14405/12 of 5 October 2012 provides for a review of the Union's position before the 2017 annual meeting. This proposal aims at setting out the Union's position within SPRFMO for the period 2017-2021 and replacing Council Decision 14405/12, which covers the period 2012-2016.

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: COM(2017)216: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2017:216:FIN

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