Pressure grows for urgent CFP revision
Four organisations have added their voices to calls urging the European Commission to include concrete legislative action in its Vision for Fisheries and Aquaculture 2040 and its 2027 Work Programme.…
Time for EU to implement STCW-F, say social partners
European social partners have issued a joint position paper advocating the integration of the revised International Maritime Organisation (IMO) STCW-F Convention into European Union law through a dedicated EU directive.…
Cape Town Agreement welcomed, paves the way for safer fishing industry
European social partners have welcomed the formal accession of Argentina to the 2012 Cape Town Agreement (CTA), describing this decisive step triggering the conditions for the global treaty to enter…
Action needed to unlock energy transition
Representatives of the European blue economy value chain have highlighted at a meeting with Commissioner Costas Kadis that energy transition will not be achievable without strong public support and clear…
United call to reject Commission’s Nature Restoration Law
Branded unrealistic legislation that endangers farmers and fishers’ livelihoods and food production in the European Union, organisations representing farmers and fishermen are calling for the controversial Nature Restoration Law to…
SOS for Mediterranean fishing communities
During the meeting of the Social Dialogue Committee for Sea Fisheries this week, the Social Partners – ETF, Europêche and Copa-Cogeca – adopted a joint resolution on the situation of…
