Press Release: Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy high on the agenda at events in Spain

Fisheries ministers and stakeholders alike discussed the future shape of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy at two major events in Galiza, Spain. On 2 and 3 May 2010 in A Coruña, the Commission and the Spanish Presidency organised a large stakeholder conference on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. On 4 and 5 May, an Informal Council of Fisheries Ministers organised by the Spanish Presidency took place in Vigo. Maria Damanaki, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Commissioner represented the Commission at the Informal Council meeting. At both events, the Commission presented the results of the public consultation on the reform of the common fisheries policy held last year. Participants reviewed the options emerging from the consultation and shape the basic policy orientations for the future.