With the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries due to vote this week on the political agreement reached three weeks ago with the Council of the EU, industry organisations have made…
Reformed a decade ago, the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) has served to effectively rebuild fish populations, but the European industry sees that opportunities have been missed – as failed policies…
Representing small-scale fishing across Europe, LIFE Platform is calling for the immediate implementation of Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy, just as the European Commission is set to publish…
Speaking at a stakeholder event held in Brussels last week, representatives of European Association of fish Producers Organisations (EAPO) said that the CFP urgently needs fixing if the recovery of…
Speaking at a stakeholder event organised by the European Commission, Europêche president Javier Garat told delegates that fishing must regain its place as an essential and respected activity. ‘Our fishermen…
The last major overhaul of the CFP, adopted in 2013, was a radical overhaul of policies on fisheries with MSY as the goal for all species – which the industry…
Fishermen from all around Ireland will converge on Dublin for a quayside event on 23rd June, followed by a protest and rally. A key grievance is that the absence of…
Responding to Michel Barnier’s comments a few days ago that no progress has been made on fisheries issues in the withdrawal negotiations, the NFFO states that this is hardly a…
Representatives of Shetland’s fishing sector has reacted angrily to the announcement of a 50% cut in catch quotas for North Sea cod next year. The agreement reached on Friday between…
With the introduction of the landing obligation for demersal species being phased in between now and 2019, the intentions contrast starkly with the reality, and Paul Trebilcock, chief executive if the Cornish FPO, says that several brand-new discards have been brought into existence.