Press Release: CoR makes European Maritime Day call for change

The massive oil pollution in the Gulf of Mexico and the devastation it has caused to maritime ecosystems is a timely reminder of the constant threat facing the world's oceans. The Committee of the Regions marked European Maritime Day (20 May 2010) with a call for a fundamental change in the way maritime issues are coordinated within the EU and on the global stage to safeguard and protect the environmental, economic, biological and cultural wealth of Europe's seas.