Committee on Fisheries
PECH · Standing committee
The Committee on Fisheries (PECH) has 27 full members.
27 members and 26 substitutes · lead committee in 19 procedures, opinion in 32 · 19 final votes in plenary
Membership
- Chair
- Carmen Crespo Díaz (EPP), since 23 Jul 2024
- Vice-Chairs
- Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Renew), Jessica Polfjärd (EPP), Paulo do Nascimento Cabral (EPP), Giuseppe Milazzo (ECR)
Full members by political group (27)
- The Left (2): Anja Hazekamp, Emma Fourreau
- Greens/EFA (2): Ana Miranda Paz, Isabella Lövin
- S&D (5): André Franqueira Rodrigues, Giuseppe Lupo, Nicolás González Casares, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Thomas Bajada
- Renew (3): Asger Christensen, Emma Ytterell, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Vice-Chair)
- EPP (7): Carmen Crespo Díaz (Chair), Francisco José Millán Mon, Isabelle Le Callennec, Jessica Polfjärd (Vice-Chair), Niclas Herbst, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral (Vice-Chair), Željana Zovko
- ECR (4): Bert-Jan Ruissen, Giuseppe Milazzo (Vice-Chair), Nora Junco García, Stephen Nikola Bartulica
- PfE (3): António Tânger Corrêa, France Jamet, Ton Diepeveen
- ESN (1): Siegbert Frank Droese
Substitute members by political group (26)
- The Left (2): Luke Ming Flanagan, Robert Gabel
- Greens/EFA (2): Mélissa Camara, Rasmus Nordqvist
- S&D (4): Eric Sargiacomo, Idoia Mendia, Sérgio Gonçalves, Sofie Eriksson
- Renew (3): Karin Karlsbro, Michal Wiezik, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez
- EPP (7): Bartosz Arłukowicz, Fredis Beleris, Javier Zarzalejos, Magdalena Adamowicz, Marco Falcone, Susana Solís Pérez, Willemien Koning
- ECR (4): Carlo Ciccioli, Kristoffer Storm, Piotr Müller, Sander Smit
- PfE (3): Anna Maria Cisint, Csaba Dömötör, Séverine Werbrouck
- ESN (1): Volker Schnurrbusch
Changes since July 2024
Since the first appointments on 19 Jul 2024: 9 new memberships, 9 ended (2 of them with the end of the mandate), 5 changes of role.
- 2 Oct 2026: Robert Gabel (The Left), Joined as substitute
- 12 Sep 2026: Sebastian Everding (The Left), Left as substitute, end of mandate
- 20 Apr 2026: Susana Solís Pérez (EPP), Joined as substitute
- 19 Apr 2026: Gabriel Mato (EPP), Left as substitute
- 17 Mar 2026: Paulo do Nascimento Cabral (EPP), changed from member to Vice-Chair
- 11 Mar 2026: Sander Smit (ECR), changed from Vice-Chair to substitute
- 11 Mar 2026: Niclas Herbst (EPP), changed from substitute to member
- 11 Mar 2026: Willemien Koning (EPP), Joined as substitute
- 4 Sep 2025: Volker Schnurrbusch (ESN), Joined as substitute
- 3 Sep 2025: Anja Arndt (ESN), Left as substitute
- 24 Apr 2025: Kristoffer Storm (ECR), Joined as substitute
- 23 Apr 2025: Beatrice Timgren (ECR), Left as substitute
- 10 Feb 2025: Nora Junco García (ECR), Rejoined as member
- 5 Feb 2025: Maximilian Krah (Non-attached), Left as substitute
- 21 Jan 2025: António Tânger Corrêa (PfE), changed from substitute to member
- 21 Jan 2025: Csaba Dömötör (PfE), changed from member to substitute
- 17 Dec 2024: Nora Junco García (Non-attached), Left as member
- 12 Dec 2024: Séverine Werbrouck (PfE), Joined as substitute
- 11 Dec 2024: André Rougé (PfE), Left as substitute
- 8 Oct 2024: Maximilian Krah (Non-attached), Joined as substitute
- 7 Oct 2024: Csaba Dömötör (PfE), Joined as member
- 30 Sep 2024: Tomasz Buczek (Non-attached), Left as substitute
- 1 Sep 2024: Balázs Győrffy (PfE), Left as member, end of mandate
Not counted: memberships beginning or ending in the first two weeks after the first appointments (constituent phase). Political group: on the day of the change.
Procedures
Procedures with a vote or date in plenary since July 2024. Lead: the committee drafts the report; with joint lead committees, the procedure appears for each of them. Opinion: the committee gives an opinion. Date: latest step.
Lead (19)
- Implementation into Union law of measures adopted by regional fisheries management organisations: 2025/0106(COD) · Legislation · Rapporteur: Thomas Bajada (S&D) · final vote: adopted · signed 21 Oct 2026 · 21 Oct 2026
- General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM): fishing in the GFCM Agreement area: 2024/0098(COD) · Legislation · Rapporteur: Željana Zovko (EPP) · final vote: adopted · signed 21 Oct 2026 · 21 Oct 2026
- Multiannual plan for the fisheries exploiting demersal stocks in the western Mediterranean Sea: 2026/2074(INI) · Own-initiative · Rapporteur: Carmen Crespo Díaz (EPP) · scheduled 24 Nov 2026 · 12 Oct 2026
- Empowering France to accede to the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles: 2025/0349(COD) · Legislation · Rapporteur: Mélissa Camara (Greens/EFA) · jointly with ENVI · final vote: adopted · 7 Oct 2026
- The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security: 2025/2010(INI) · Own-initiative · Rapporteur: Paulo do Nascimento Cabral (EPP) · final vote: adopted · 17 Sep 2026
- EU-Cook Islands Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (2025-2032): Implementing Protocol: 2025/0287(NLE) · Non-legislative · Rapporteur: Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez (Renew) · final vote: adopted · Official Journal 5 Aug 2026 · 5 Aug 2026
- EC-São Tomé and Príncipe Fisheries Partnership Agreement (2025–2029): Implementing Protocol: 2025/0202(NLE) · Non-legislative · Rapporteur: Nora Junco García (ECR) · final vote: adopted · Official Journal 7 Jul 2026 · 7 Jul 2026
- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 as regards the establishment of measures to ensure compliance with existing mitigation measures to reduce incidental catches of the resident population of the Baltic Proper harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the Baltic Sea: 2026/2633(DEA) · Delegated act · Rapporteurs: Piotr Müller (ECR), Stephen Nikola Bartulica (ECR) · 17 Jun 2026
- The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward: 2024/2127(INI) · Own-initiative · Rapporteur: Isabella Lövin (Greens/EFA) · final vote: adopted · 21 May 2026
- The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins: 2024/2126(INI) · Own-initiative · Rapporteur: Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Renew) · final vote: adopted · 20 May 2026
- The role of ocean diplomacy for the competitiveness of EU fisheries and aquaculture: 2025/2054(INI) · Own-initiative · Rapporteur: Željana Zovko (EPP) · final vote: adopted · 28 Apr 2026
- Fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economies: 2025/2011(INI) · Own-initiative · Rapporteur: André Franqueira Rodrigues (S&D) · final vote: adopted · 10 Mar 2026
- Decarbonisation and modernisation of EU fisheries, and the development and deployment of fishing gear: 2024/2123(INI) · Own-initiative · Rapporteur: Ton Diepeveen (PfE) · final vote: adopted · 18 Dec 2025
- EC-Côte d’Ivoire Fisheries Partnership Agreement – Protocol on the implementation of the Agreement for 2025-2029: 2025/0046(NLE) · Non-legislative · Rapporteur: Ton Diepeveen (PfE) · final vote: adopted · Official Journal 3 Nov 2025 · 3 Nov 2025
- Amending Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012 on certain measures for the purpose of the conservation of fish stocks in relation to countries allowing non-sustainable fishing: 2024/0224(COD) · Legislation · Rapporteur: Thomas Bajada (S&D) · final vote: adopted · Official Journal 14 Oct 2025 · 14 Oct 2025
- EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030: 2024/0263(NLE) · Non-legislative · Rapporteur: Emma Fourreau (The Left) · 2 final votes, latest adopted · Official Journal 6 Oct 2025 · 6 Oct 2025
- Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029): 2024/0159(NLE) · Non-legislative · Rapporteur: Eric Sargiacomo (S&D) · final vote: adopted · Official Journal 21 May 2025 · 21 May 2025
- Conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Protocol (2024-2029) implementing the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cabo Verde: 2024/0133(NLE) · Non-legislative · Rapporteur: Paulo do Nascimento Cabral (EPP) · final vote: adopted · Official Journal 28 Mar 2025 · 28 Mar 2025
- Measures to reduce incidental catches of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and other small cetaceans in the Bay of Biscay: 2024/2842(DEA) · Delegated act · final vote: rejected · 27 Nov 2024
All 19 in the list of procedures
Opinion (32)
- General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 – all sections: 2026/0196(BUD) · Budget · Opinion: Giuseppe Lupo (S&D) · lead: BUDE, BUDG · 21 Oct 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and Council: 2025/2147(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 10 Sep 2026 · 21 Oct 2026
- Discharge 2024: Agencies: 2025/2156(DEC) · Discharge · Opinion: Giuseppe Lupo (S&D) · lead: CONT · Official Journal 10 Sep 2026 · 10 Sep 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Ombudsman: 2025/2153(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 10 Sep 2026 · 10 Sep 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Committee of the Regions: 2025/2152(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 10 Sep 2026 · 10 Sep 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Economic and Social Committee: 2025/2151(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 10 Sep 2026 · 10 Sep 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Auditors: 2025/2149(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 10 Sep 2026 · 10 Sep 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament: 2025/2146(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 10 Sep 2026 · 10 Sep 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Commission: 2025/2145(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 10 Sep 2026 · 10 Sep 2026
- Non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goods: 2025/0260(COD) · Legislation · lead: INTA · Official Journal 30 Jun 2026 · 30 Jun 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union: 2025/2148(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · 29 Apr 2026
- Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III: 2025/2246(BUI) · Budget · lead: BUDG · 28 Apr 2026
- Amending Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Directive 2006/118/EC on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration and Directive 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy: 2022/0344(COD) · Legislation · lead: ENVI · Official Journal 20 Apr 2026 · 20 Apr 2026
- 2026 budgetary procedure: joint text: 2025/0210(BUD) · Budget · Opinion: Giuseppe Lupo (S&D) · lead: BUDE, BUDG · Official Journal 26 Feb 2026 · 26 Feb 2026
- Discharge 2023: Agencies: 2024/2030(DEC) · Discharge · Opinion: Giuseppe Lupo (S&D) · lead: CONT · Official Journal 13 Jan 2026 · 13 Jan 2026
- European Maritime Safety Agency and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002: 2023/0163(COD) · Legislation · Opinion in the 9th term: Clara Aguilera (S&D) · lead: TRAN · Official Journal 29 Dec 2025 · 29 Dec 2025
- Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: 2024/2108(INI) · Own-initiative · Opinion: Isabelle Le Callennec (EPP) · lead: AFET, INTA · 27 Nov 2025
- Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction: 2025/0090(COD) · Legislation · Opinion: Emma Fourreau (The Left) · lead: ENVI · 13 Nov 2025
- Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council: 2024/2021(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 8 Oct 2025 · 22 Oct 2025
- Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Ombudsman: 2024/2027(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 8 Oct 2025 · 8 Oct 2025
- Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Committee of the Regions: 2024/2026(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 8 Oct 2025 · 8 Oct 2025
- Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Economic and Social Committee: 2024/2025(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 8 Oct 2025 · 8 Oct 2025
- Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of Auditors: 2024/2023(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 8 Oct 2025 · 8 Oct 2025
- Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union: 2024/2022(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 8 Oct 2025 · 8 Oct 2025
- Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Parliament: 2024/2020(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 8 Oct 2025 · 8 Oct 2025
- Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development Funds: 2024/2019(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 8 Oct 2025 · 8 Oct 2025
- Agreements on Financial Mechanisms for the period May 2021 - April 2028 (EEA: EU-Iceland-Liechtenstein-Norway; Norwegian: EU-Norway); Additional Protocols to EEC-Norway Agreement and to EEC-Iceland Agreement: 2024/0052(NLE) · Non-legislative · lead: INTA · Official Journal 20 May 2025 · 20 May 2025
- Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III: 2024/2110(BUI) · Budget · lead: BUDG · 2 Apr 2025
- 2025 budgetary procedure: Joint text: 2024/0176(BUD) · Budget · Opinion: Carmen Crespo Díaz (EPP) · lead: BUDE, BUDG · Official Journal 27 Feb 2025 · 27 Feb 2025
- EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Tonga: 2024/0048(NLE) · Non-legislative · lead: INTA · 18 Dec 2024
- EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Niue: 2024/0010(NLE) · Non-legislative · lead: INTA · 18 Dec 2024
- 2022 discharge: EU general budget – European Council and Council: 2023/2131(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 10 Oct 2024 · 22 Oct 2024
Votes in plenary
Committee votes are not part of Parliament’s open data (mostly published as PDF only). Shown here are membership, procedures and the final plenary votes in the procedures led by the committee.
19 roll-call final votes since July 2024 in procedures with this committee as lead committee: 18 adopted, 1 rejected. By type of procedure: legislation 4, consent and consultation 6, other procedures 9.
- Empowering France to accede to the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles: 7 Oct 2026 · A10-0095/2026 · Legislation · first reading · Adopted: 658 for, 2 against, 4 abstentions
- The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security: 17 Sep 2026 · A10-0205/2026 · Report · Adopted: 467 for, 92 against, 44 abstentions
- General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM): fishing in the GFCM Agreement area: 15 Sep 2026 · A10-0150/2025 · Legislation · first reading · Adopted: 580 for, 51 against, 39 abstentions
- Implementation into Union law of measures adopted by regional fisheries management organisations: 15 Sep 2026 · A10-0039/2026 · Legislation · first reading · Adopted: 559 for, 48 against, 62 abstentions
- The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward: 21 May 2026 · A10-0121/2026 · Report · Adopted: 337 for, 178 against, 44 abstentions
- EU-Cook Islands Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (2025-2032): Implementing Protocol: 20 May 2026 · A10-0092/2026 · Consent procedure · Adopted: 476 for, 101 against, 74 abstentions
- EC-São Tomé and Príncipe Fisheries Partnership Agreement (2025–2029): Implementing Protocol: 20 May 2026 · A10-0096/2026 · Consent procedure · Adopted: 545 for, 89 against, 15 abstentions
- The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins: 20 May 2026 · A10-0120/2026 · Report · Adopted: 518 for, 31 against, 102 abstentions
- The role of ocean diplomacy for the competitiveness of EU fisheries and aquaculture: 28 Apr 2026 · A10-0043/2026 · Report · Adopted: 430 for, 107 against, 115 abstentions
- Fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economies: 10 Mar 2026 · A10-0018/2026 · Report · Adopted: 528 for, 21 against, 62 abstentions
- Decarbonisation and modernisation of EU fisheries, and the development and deployment of fishing gear: 18 Dec 2025 · A10-0236/2025 · Report · Adopted: 450 for, 93 against, 37 abstentions
- EC-Côte d’Ivoire Fisheries Partnership Agreement – Protocol on the implementation of the Agreement for 2025-2029: 8 Oct 2025 · A10-0159/2025 · Consent procedure · Adopted: 520 for, 97 against, 12 abstentions
- Amending Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012 on certain measures for the purpose of the conservation of fish stocks in relation to countries allowing non-sustainable fishing: 9 Jul 2025 · A10-0070/2025 · Legislation · first reading · Adopted: 681 for, 4 against, 4 abstentions
- EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030: 8 Jul 2025 · A10-0099/2025 · Consent procedure · Adopted: 616 for, 29 against, 36 abstentions
- EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030 (Resolution): 8 Jul 2025 · A10-0103/2025 · Report · Adopted: 561 for, 109 against, 11 abstentions
- Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029) (Resolution): 2 Apr 2025 · A10-0040/2025 · Report · Adopted: 605 for, 68 against, 10 abstentions
- Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029): 2 Apr 2025 · A10-0028/2025 · Consent procedure · Adopted: 518 for, 104 against, 61 abstentions
- Conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Protocol (2024-2029) implementing the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cabo Verde: 11 Feb 2025 · A10-0004/2025 · Consent procedure · Adopted: 507 for, 76 against, 16 abstentions
- Measures to reduce incidental catches of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and other small cetaceans in the Bay of Biscay: 27 Nov 2024 · B10-0178/2024 · Objection under Rule 114 · Rejected: 123 for, 511 against, 42 abstentions
The list of votes filtered by PECH shows 18 of them. The voting data name no lead committee for objections and resolutions, and only one where several committees share the lead.
These 18 votes in the statistics, with the political groups’ majorities
Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (bodies, MEPs’ memberships, procedures, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0. Committee names from the European Parliament’s data. Committee page at the European Parliament Body record in the Open Data Portal (JSON-LD)
Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (bodies, MEPs’ memberships, procedures, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0. Committee names from the European Parliament’s data.