{"id":3100,"date":"2010-02-17T17:51:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldfishing.nfdtesting.uk\/icefish-conference\/2010\/02\/17\/new-fisheries-commissioner\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T23:40:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:40:50","slug":"new-fisheries-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/news\/industry-news\/new-fisheries-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"New fisheries Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>She writes: \u201cI am committed both to a strong and sustainable policy on fisheries and to the development of a viable and coherent maritime sector. I will work to make a real and positive difference to those whose everyday lives depend on fishing and to our coastal environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She notes that \u201conly profitable fisheries can guarantee the livelihood of fishermen and their families. And for fisheries to be profitable, we must harvest the fish in our seas in a sustainable way\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ms Damanaki says, our ambitions must not stop there. We must seek to go further and develop a European maritime space without barriers, providing security for citizens, fisheries and sea transport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also need strong, knowledge-based European marine research, together with innovative maritime spatial planning, to create a better environment and economic opportunities. In addition, new perspectives and jobs can be generated through coastal tourism and the promotion of maritime skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She closes by stressing that if we are to make progress on all of these issues, it is vital that stakeholders work together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maria Damanaki, has posted a message on her website, outlining her commitment to the sector and plans for the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,9],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-3100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fisheries","category-industry-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3102,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3100\/revisions\/3102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3100"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=3100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}