{{Short description|Member of the EU Commission}}{{Infobox political post | post = European Commissioner<br/>for Fisheries and Oceans | image = Kadis EC Portrait 2024.jpg | incumbent = [[Costas Kadis]] | incumbentsince = 1 December 2024 | appointer = [[President of the European Commission]] | termlength = 5 years | inaugural = [[Costas Kadis]] | website = https://commission.europa.eu/about/organisation/college-commissioners/costas-kadis_en }}
{{EngvarB|date=May 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} The '''European''' '''Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans''' is a member of the [[European Commission]]. The current Commissioner is [[Costas Kadis]].
==Fisheries== The portfolio includes policies such as the [[Common Fisheries Policy]], which is largely a competence of the [[European Union]] rather than the members. The Union has 66,000 km of [[coastline]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20260113045345/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/european-union/ European Union] CIA World Factbook</ref> and the largest [[Exclusive Economic Zone]] in the world, covering 25 million km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>[http://europa.eu/scadplus/glossary/outermost_regions_en.htm EU Glossary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909000258/http://europa.eu/scadplus/glossary/outermost_regions_en.htm |date=9 September 2010 }} europa.eu</ref> They also participate in meetings of the [[Agriculture and Fisheries Council]] (Agrifish) configuration of the [[Council of the European Union]].
==Former commissioners==
===Karmenu Vella=== 2014–2019 the Commissioner was [[Karmenu Vella]] of Malta. In his hearing before the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Committee on Fisheries,<ref name=Hearing2014>{{cite web|title=Hearing: Karmenu Vella|url=http://www.elections2014.eu/en/new-commission/hearing/20140917HEA64701|publisher=European Parliament|access-date=12 December 2014}}</ref> and in his introductory statement to the European Parliament,<ref>{{cite web|title=Introductory Statement of Commissioner Designate|url=http://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/cwt/files/commissioner_ep_hearings/vella-statement_en.pdf|publisher=European Parliament|access-date=12 December 2014|date=29 September 2014}}</ref> Vella listed as his priorities Green Growth, protection of [[natural capital]], and safeguarding the Union's citizens from environment related pressures and risks to health.
===Stavros Dimas=== During his hearing with the [[European Parliament]], [[Stavros Dimas]] announced four main priorities for his term in office: [[climate change]], [[biodiversity]], [[public health]] and [[sustainability]]; Highlighting the importance of the Kyoto Protocol, the Natura 2000 project, the REACH directive, and the need to better enforce existing EU environmental legislation. On Dimas' website he lists the following key policy areas; [[Air quality|Air]], [[Biotechnology]], [[Chemical]]s, [[Civil defense|Civil Protection]] and [[Environmental disaster|Environmental Accidents]], [[European Climate Change Programme|Climate Change]], [[Environmental technology|Environmental Technologies]], Health, [[Foreign relations of the European Union|International Issues]] and [[Enlargement of the European Union|Enlargement]], [[Nature]] and [[Biodiversity]], [[Noise pollution|Noise]], [[Soil]], [[Sustainable Development]], [[Urban area|Urban Environment]], [[Waste]] and [[Water quality|Water]].
At the UN's [[Buenos Aires]] talks on climate change in December 2004 he attempted to negotiate mandatory emissions reductions to follow the expiration of Kyoto in 2012. This met with opposition from the US, whose representatives refused to discuss it.
Dimas oversaw the introduction of the EU's [[emissions trading]] scheme that took effect on 1 January 2005, despite emissions reduction plans from Poland, Italy, the Czech Republic and Greece not having been approved on time. He also sought to include companies operating aircraft under the emissions trading regime.
In February 2007 the commissioner put forward his plans to increase [[Emission standard#Europe|fuel efficiency standards of cars]] so that emissions are no more than 130g of CO<sub>2</sub> per km, down from 162g/km in 2005. This caused anger from the European car industry<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6334327.stm|title = Car firms facing pollution curbs|date = 7 February 2007}}</ref> which was stoked by the Commissioner requesting a Japanese car, a [[Toyota Prius]], instead of a European make, due to the Toyota's better environmental standards.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6321699.stm]</ref>
In response to the refusal of countries to ratify the [[Kyoto Protocol]], such as the United States and Australia (the latter of which exchanged viewpoints with the EU on the matter<ref>http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,21496042-1702,00.html?from=public_rss {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>), the EU has been looking to tax products imported from those countries not taking low-carbon policies on board ([[Border Tax Adjustments]]).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6524331.stm|title = Time to tax the carbon dodgers|date = 5 April 2007}}</ref> (Australia subsequently ratified the Kyoto Protocol, at the Bali COP in December 2007.)
===Carlo Ripa di Meana=== [[Carlo Ripa di Meana]] was appointed Environment Commissioner in 1990, which coincided with increased public interest and awareness in environmental issues. Ripa di Meana's appointment took place at the same time as that of a new Directorate-General, Brinkhorst. They both tried to change the image of DG XI (now DG Environment) in charge of environmental issues and make it a more mainstream actor.<ref>Schön-Quinlivan (2012) The European Commission, In: Jordan, A.J. and Adelle, C. (eds) Environmental Policy in the European Union: Contexts, Actors and Policy Dynamics (3e). Earthscan: London and Sterling, VA.</ref> According to Schön-Quinlivan<ref>Schön-Quinlivan (2012) The European Commission, In: Jordan, A.J. and Adelle, C. (eds) Environmental Policy in the European Union: Contexts, Actors and Policy Dynamics (3e). Earthscan: London and Sterling, VA.</ref> the then president of the commission, Jacques Delors, did not appreciate Ripa di Meana's political style and their relationship became strained. Ripa di Meana was eventually replaced by Karel Van Miert for a period of six months until a full-time replacement could be found. Van Miert supported what had been done before him and described environmental policy as 'one of our most successful policies, and one of the best understood'.<ref>Cini, M. (2003) 'Actors and Institutions in Environmental Governance', in A. Weale et al. Environmental Governance in Europe, OUP, Oxford. p. 88.</ref>
===Joe Borg=== Commissioner Borg was approved by the [[European Parliament]] in 2004 and served until 2010. His two main priorities were "setting the European Union on the path towards a European Maritime Policy" and "securing the ecological, economic and [[society|social]] sustainability of the European fishing and [[aquaculture]] industry" <ref> [http://ec.europa.eu/archives/commission_2004-2009/borg/priorities_en.htm Joe Borg priorities from Europa archives]</ref> On 7 June 2006 the [[European Commission]] published a [[green paper]] on a future Maritime Policy and opened a consultation that ended in June 2007 .<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/policy_en.html Consultation on Maritime Policy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519191342/http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/policy_en.html |date=19 May 2007 }}</ref> The green paper addressed a number of issues such as sustainable development, protection of the environment, skills and employment, technology and resources, coastal safety and tourism, financial support and heritage.<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/pdf/com_2006_0275_en_part2.pdf Green paper] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325213544/http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/pdf/com_2006_0275_en_part2.pdf |date=25 March 2007 }}</ref> On 10 October 2007 the European Commission presented its vision for an integrated maritime policy with a detailed action plan<ref>[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2007:0575:FIN:EN:PDF integrated maritime policy action plan]</ref> The Commission came under fire in May 2007 for not penalising French fishermen for [[over-fishing]] the threatened [[Atlantic bluefin tuna|bluefin tuna]] by 65% while backing penalties on Irish fishermen for over-fishing mackerel.<ref>[http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0502/fishing.html?rss Fishermen citicise sic EU over-fishing decision] [sic] rte.it</ref>
==List of commissioners==
===Environment=== {| class="wikitable" !# !colspan=2|Name !Country !Period !Commission |- | 1 | [[File:Carlo Ripa di Meana 2.jpg|60px]] | [[Carlo Ripa di Meana]] | {{Flagu|Italy}} | 1990–1992 | [[Delors Commission]] |- | 2 | [[File:Karel van Miert (SP, België), Bestanddeelnr 933-5684 (cropped).jpg|60px]] | [[Karel Van Miert]] | {{Flagu|Belgium}} | 1992–1993 | [[Delors Commission]] |- | 3 | [[File:Ioannis Paleokrassas 1993 (cropped).jpg|60px]] | [[Ioannis Paleokrassas]] | {{Flagu|Greece}} | 1993–1995 | [[Delors Commission]] |- | 4 | [[File:Ritt Bjerregaard - 1995 (cropped).jpg|60px]] | [[Ritt Bjerregaard]] | {{Flagu|Denmark}} | 1995–1999 | [[Santer Commission]] |- | 5 | [[File:Margot Wahlstrom Sveriges EU-kommissionar.jpg|60px]] | [[Margot Wallström]] | {{Flagu|Sweden}} | 1999–2004 | [[Prodi Commission]] |- | 6 | [[File:Stavros Dimas 2008 (cropped).jpg|60px]] | [[Stavros Dimas]] | {{Flagu|Greece}} | 2004–2010 | [[Barroso Commission]] I |- | 7 | [[File:Janez Potočnik, Économie circulaire et nouvelles formes de consommation.jpg|60px]] | [[Janez Potočnik]] | {{Flagu|Slovenia}} | 2010–2014 | [[Barroso Commission]] II |}
===Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries=== A single portfolio including the former{{snd}}and future{{snd}}portfolio of the [[EU Commissioner for Agriculture]]. {| class="wikitable" !# !colspan=2|Name !Country !Period !Commission |- | 1 | [[File:Franz Fischler 1999.jpg|60px]] | [[Franz Fischler]] | {{Flagu|Austria}} | 1999–2004 | [[Prodi Commission]] |- | 2 | [[File:Flickr - Saeima - 9.Saeimas deputāte Sandra Kalniete (cropped).jpg|60px]] | [[Sandra Kalniete]] | {{Flagu|Latvia}} | 2004 | [[Prodi Commission]] |}
===Maritime Affairs and Fisheries=== (or '''Fisheries and Maritime Affairs''') {| class="wikitable" !# !colspan=2|Name !Country !Period !Commission |- | 3 | [[File:Joe Borg 2004 (cropped).jpg|60px]] | [[Joe Borg]] | {{Flagu|Malta}} | 2004–2010 | [[Barroso Commission]] I |- | 4 | [[File:Maria Damanaki (cropped).jpg|60px]] | [[Maria Damanaki]] | {{Flagu|Greece}} | 2010–2014 | [[Barroso Commission]] II |}
===Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries=== {| class="wikitable" !# !colspan=2|Name !Country !Period !Commission |- | 5 | [[File:KarmenuVellaPolitician.jpg|60px]] | [[Karmenu Vella]] | {{Flagu|Malta}} | 2014–2019 | [[Juncker Commission]] |- | 6 | [[File:Virginijus Sinkevičius (2).jpg|60px]] | [[Virginijus Sinkevičius]] | {{Flagu|Lithuania}} | 2019-2024 | [[von der Leyen Commission I]] |}
=== Fisheries and Oceans === {| class="wikitable" !# ! colspan="2" |Name !Country !Period !Commission |- | 7 | [[File:Kadis EC Portrait 2024 (cropped).jpg|89x89px]] | [[Costas Kadis]] | {{Flagu|Cyprus}} | since 2024 | [[von der Leyen Commission II]] |}
==See also== ===Environment=== * [[Directorate-General for the Environment (European Commission)|Directorate-General for the Environment]] * [[EU environmental policy]] * [[European Environment Agency]] * [[Coordination of Information on the Environment]] * [[Global warming]] and [[Kyoto Protocol]]: ** [[European Climate Change Programme]] ** [[European Union Emission Trading Scheme]] ** [[Renewable energy in the European Union]] ** [[Transport in the European Union]] * [[Water supply and sanitation in the European Union]] ** [[Water Framework Directive]] * [[Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals|REACH regulation]] * [[Geography of the European Union]] ** [[Natura 2000]] ** [[Common Agricultural Policy]]
===Fisheries=== * [[Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries]] * [[Common Fisheries Policy]] * [[Agriculture and Fisheries Council]] (Council of the European Union) ** [[Directorate-General for Agriculture, Fisheries, Social Affairs and Health]] * [[European Parliament Committee on Fisheries]] * [[European Fisheries Control Agency]]
==External links== * [https://ec.europa.eu/commission/commissioners/2019-2024/sinkevicius_en Commissioner's Website] * [http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/index_en.htm Commission Fisheries Website] * [http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/dimas/index_en.htm Commissioner Dimas' website] * [http://ec.europa.eu/environment/index_en.htm Commission's Environment website] *[http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Category:Environment Eurostat – Statistics Explained – all articles on environment] * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6476273.stm Celebrating the Environmental Union (Stavros Dimas)]
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