EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
2009 - 2014
Committee on Fisheries
HEARING DRAFT PROGRAMME
19 February 2013 - 15:00 to 18:25
Altiero Spinelli building, Room ASP 1G02, Brussels
Deep Sea species: Toward a sustainable fishery
Opening by Mr. Gabriel Mato Adrover, Chair of the Committee on Fisheries.
Introduction by Mr. Kriton Arsenis, Rapporteur for the Proposal for a Regulation of
the European Parliament and of the Council establishing specific conditions for deepsea stocks in the North-East Atlantic and provisions for fishing in international waters
of the North-East Atlantic and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002.
Panel I.
I.1.
Development of deep-sea fisheries and its impacts
Presentation by Mr. Tom Blasdale, Chair of the Experts Working Group at the
ICES, in charge of assessment of Deep-sea Fisheries (WGDEEP).
I.2.
Presentation by Mr. Philip P.E. Weaver, Research Coordinator of the project on
Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man's Impact on European Seas (HERMIONE).
First Questions & Answers session (25')
Panel II. Case studies DEEPFISHMAN and NEREIDA projects
II.1.
Presentation by Mr. Pascal Lorance, Researcher in the Ecology Model for
fisheries Unit (EMH) in Ifremer. Member of several Working groups (ICES,
WGDEEP, WGNEACS); Coordinator of the European project DEEPFISHMAN.
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II.2.
Presentation by Mrs. Mar Sacau Cuadrado, Researcher in the Instituto
Español de Oceanografía. NEREIDA project coordinator. NAFO PotEntial
VulneRable Marine Ecosystems-Impacts of Deep-sea Fisheries..
Second Q & A session (25')
Panel III. Case studies in France and Portugal
III.1. Presentation by Ms. Claire Nouvian, Founder & Director of the non-profit
organization BLOOM (Paris-Hong-Kong), author of the book THE DEEP
(University of Chicago Press).
III.2. Presentation by Mr. Liberato Fernandes , associate, co-founder and President
of the Cooperative Porto de Abrigo, Azores - member of the Southwestern
Waters RAC.
Third Q & A session (25')
Panel IV. The future of deep-sea fisheries: Commission's proposal and overall
regulatory framework
IV.1. Presentation by Mr. Francis Neat , Chair of the Joint Working Group at the ICES
and NAFO (WGDEC) and Expert at the ICES on Sea Beds.
IV.2. Presentation by Mr Matthew Gianni, Co-founder, Political and Policy Advisor of
the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition.
Fourth Q & A session (25')
Conclusions by Mr. Kriton Arsenis, Rapporteur for the Proposal for a Regulation of
the European Parliament and of the Council establishing specific conditions for deepsea stocks in the North-East Atlantic and provisions for fishing in international waters
of the North-East Atlantic and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002.
Cloture by the Chair, Mr Gabriel Mato Adrover.
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