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Seas At Risk is an NGO working to protect and restore the marine environment.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner) and

16 Jul 2020 · To discuss the fishing opportunities exercise for 2021, in particular for the Baltic Sea, as well as issues related to the Biodiversity Strategy.

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and FUNDACION OCEANA and Funding Fish

1 Jul 2020 · economic recovery and marine ecosystems

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President) and European Environmental Bureau and

16 Jun 2020 · European Green Deal, new circular economy action plan and the circular plastics economy

Meeting with Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner) and

11 Jun 2020 · To exchange views on the negotiations on the future European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and FUNDACION OCEANA and Funding Fish

27 May 2020 · EU Green Deal and marine biodiversity

Meeting with Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner) and

4 Feb 2020 · To discuss outcome of the Council of December 2019 and the NGO views regarding the process of setting the TACs and quotas

Response to A new Circular Economy Action Plan

20 Jan 2020

The CEAP roadmap acknowledges that resource intensive sectors currently remain unaddressed by EU’s circularity measures and we agree that this is high time to focus on them but that key sectors such as the energy sector, the IT/communications sector, the extraction and transformation of metals should also be included in this landmark initiative. We also agree that resource use is an important aspect to tackle but ambitious eco-design requirements are also needed for all manufactured products, addressing material selection and toxicity as well as the overall pollution generated during their life cycle (some products are toxic to produce or become toxic during use phase, when recycled or incinerated). We insist that the European circular economy action plan and sustainable product policy be based on the waste hierarchy set up by the Waste Framework directive, which establishes a priority for prevention measures and repair and reuse over recycling in waste management, and aimed at achieving a toxic free, sustainable and inclusive economy. More generally, Europe needs a sustainable product policy framework with stringent standards not limited to removing worst performing and most toxic products from the market, that set the conditions for all products out on the market to be sustainable, with all necessary information clearly visible from producers to consumers. Please see attached more detailed feedback outlining our recommendations for the CEAP.
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Meeting with Sarah Nelen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

12 Dec 2019 · Receipt of the petition from more than 400,000 EU citizens on climate action

Meeting with Anthony Agotha (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and WWF European Policy Programme and

20 Nov 2019 · Exchange of views on sustainability, climate change and maritime issues

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Friends of the Earth Europe and Zero Waste Europe

5 Oct 2018 · discussion on the implementation of the Plastic Strategy

Meeting with Aurore Maillet (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella) and Zero Waste Europe

15 May 2018 · Plastics Strategy

Meeting with Aurore Maillet (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella) and European Environmental Bureau and

13 Apr 2018 · Single use plastic

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Friends of the Earth Europe and

13 Apr 2018 · discussion on single-use plastics legislation

Meeting with Karmenu Vella (Commissioner) and

23 Jan 2018 · common fisheries policy, multi-annual plans and fisheries control regulation

Meeting with Andras Inotai (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella) and WWF European Policy Programme and

11 Jan 2018 · Fisheries Control Regulation

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and European Environmental Bureau and

6 Nov 2017 · Discussion on EU Plastics Strategy

Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen) and Friends of the Earth Europe and

26 Oct 2017 · Plastic strategy

Response to Evaluation Energy Taxation Directive

26 Sept 2017

A review of the ETD is overdue and should be used, amongst other things, to remove environmentally harmful subsidies. Seas at Risk is particularly concerned about the provisions of the ETD that mean the fuels used by fishing vessels and commercial shipping are not taxed. Fuel tax exemptions for fishing vessels have increased the profitability of fuel-intensive fishing techniques like beam trawling, and pushed up the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions. The contribution of fishing vessels to climate change should not be underestimated. These fuel-intensive fishing techniques also have serious negative impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem structure and marine habitats. By reducing operating costs and thus enhancing fishing effort, fuel subsidies are increasing fishing pressure on target and non-target species and are contributing to the over-exploitation of EU fisheries. This not only causes further depletion of fish stocks but also supports economically unprofitable practices that undermine future economic benefits. While the taxing of fuel for commercial shipping engaged in international voyages would have to be negotiated internationally to avoid evasion, it makes no sense to have the possibility of such taxes banned in the EU. Once the exemption is removed there is no reason why ships engaged in intra-EU voyages could not have their fuel taxed in the normal way. Given that marine fuels include some of the dirtiest fuels on the market it is doubly paradoxical that they are currently entirely untaxed.
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Response to Interservice consultation on a Commission proposal for the GES Decision

11 Oct 2016

Please find again the link to our more detailed comments on the Decision and its Annex: http://seas-at-risk.org/images/pdf/Other_pdfs/NGO_comments_GES_decision_Oct2016.pdf (the link in our previous submission was cut short)
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Meeting with Joao Aguiar Machado (Director-General Maritime Affairs and Fisheries) and WWF European Policy Programme and

28 Sept 2016 · South Western Waters Advisory Council

Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Environment), Joao Aguiar Machado (Director-General Maritime Affairs and Fisheries)

22 Feb 2016 · Blue Manifesto

Meeting with Karmenu Vella (Commissioner) and WWF European Policy Programme and

22 Sept 2015 · Common Fisheries Policy

Meeting with Karmenu Vella (Commissioner) and WWF European Policy Programme and

23 Jun 2015 · Ocean Governance

Meeting with Karmenu Vella (Commissioner) and WWF European Policy Programme and

4 Feb 2015 · Blue and green growth, Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Marine litter, Aquaculture, Seabed mining

Meeting with Karmenu Vella (Commissioner) and

4 Dec 2014 · Implementation of the reformed Common Fisheries Policy, Ocean Governance, Deep Sea Access