December Council ends with agreement on 2023 TACs
This year’s December Council of Minsters has come to a close with agreements on TACs for stocks managed by the EU in the Atlantic, Kattegat and Skagerrak for the coming…
KFO brands Fisheries Council ‘festive sideshow’
Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) chief executive Seán O’Donoghue has stated that this year’s Council of Fisheries Ministers, which has already begun in Brussels, looks to be a repeat of what…
Bitter outcomes of December Council for French fishermen
‘This is going too far,’ said Gérard Romiti, President of the National Fisheries Committee, after consulting with Minister for the Sea Annick Girardin and industry representatives. ‘After the pandemic crisis…
Progress on mackerel dispute – but festive cheer in short supply
A declaration by the Council of EU Fisheries Ministers pledging a resolution to the mackerel dispute between Denmark and Ireland has been welcomed by Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation CEO Seán O’Donoghue,…
Irish misgivings as December Council gets underway
Serious misgivings have been voiced prior to the annual meeting of the Council of Fisheries Ministers, which is in progress in Brussels. The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) believes that an…
EAPO is urging Ministers to take the socio-economic and environmental objectives of the CFP into account at this year’s December Council
Ministers urged to take a balanced viewpoint
As Ministers prepare for next week’s December Council to decide next year’s TACs and quotas, European POs are calling on ministers to take a balanced standpoint, taking into account the…
The December Council outcomes represent a compromise, protecting stocks and taking socio-economic factors into account – but 2020 will still be a tough year for many fishing communities
Council aims for sustainable catch limits for 2020
Two days of intensive negotiation has resulted in an agreement that reconciles the objective of securing healthy stocks with the need to ensure the socio-economic sustainability of the EU fleet,…
French fishermen’s organisation CNPMEM has expressed its disappointment at the December Council’s Celtic Sea decisions
French fleet’s Celtic Sea fishery axed
French fishermen’s body CNPMEM has expressed its disappointment with the outcome of this year’s December Council and the resulting fishing opportunities after two days of long an difficult negotiations in…
The Commission’s ‘unworkable’ proposals for cod and whiting in the Celtic Sea were changed, with appropriate by-catch and catch levels set, according the KFO
Irish fishing’s future tied to Brexit outcomes
According to the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO), this week’s Council of Fisheries Ministers in Brussels has delivered a reasonable overall result on certain key stocks but has upheld misguided proposals…
Cod quotas have been cut all round for next year at this year’s December Council
December Council ends with good news and bad
As Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius announced following this year’s December Council of Ministers that a new era of European fisheries is opening, NGOs have been quick off the mark to accuse…