European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

EMFF

Description

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Policy
588 million euros
2014-2020

Encouraging sustainable, innovative and competitive fisheries and sustainable, innovative and competitive aquaculture, improving employment and strengthening territorial cohesion, encouraging the marketing and processing of fishery and aquaculture products, etc. These are the issues supported by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (FEAMP).

Loading...
Share of the fund on all European funds
consumed on

The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (FEAMP) falls within the framework of the integrated common Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Policy. 

For the 2014-2020 period, France will receive an overall allocation of 588 million euros from the FEAMP budget. 

This allocation will contribute to initiatives/measures in various priority areas: 

  • Encouraging sustainable, innovative and competitive fisheries ;
  • Encouraging sustainable, innovative and competitive aquaculture ;
  • Encouraging the establishment of a common fisheries policy ;
  • Improving employment and boosting territorial cohesion ;
  • Encouraging the marketing and processing of fishery and aquaculture products ;
  • Encouraging the establishment of an integrated maritime policy. 

In France, the operational EMFF programme is managed by the Direction des Pêches Maritimes et de l’Aquaculture (DPMA) [Fisheries and Aquaculture Directorate] of the French Ministry for Agriculture. The management of a portion of the FEAMP measures may be entrusted to coastal regional councils.

For the period 2021-2027, the FEAMP is renamed FEAMPA, European Fund for Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Aquaculture, with an envelope for France amounting to 567 million euros.

To know more :

Projects co-financed by the EMFF

See all projects

Resources

This content may be of interest: