10% vote postponed to October
Voting on a pivotal proposal affecting the EU fishing industry has been postponed until the next Member States Coordination Group (MSCG) meeting in October 2024. The vote was scheduled to take…
Crucial vote on total closure of 10% of EU fishing grounds
A pivotal vote is due to take place today as EU Member States vote on proposals to establish zero-fishing zones accounting for 10% of EU waters. The industry states that…
Renewed demands for blanket ban on mobile gears in MPAs
The European Bottom Fishing Alliance is accusing the EU Commission’s environmental division of presenting a set of rigidly-defined questions to ICES, against the backdrop of a renewed demands for a…
The European Bottom Fishing Alliance has called for a suspension of flawed deep-sea rules and for a new approach to protect vulnerable areas in collaboration with the sector
Commission told it must change the way it protects VMEs
At a Renew Europe event held this week, the message to the European Commission was that it needs to take a hard look at the way it protects vulnerable marine…
Scientists give perspective on bottom trawling
It has taken a while for the European Parliament to get round to an objective examination of demersal trawling as a landmark conference hosted by MEP and rapporteur Niclas Herbst…
Protesting to defend their work and way of life
Over the last week fishermen across Europe have staged vocal protests against policies they believe put the future of the industry and their way of life in jeopardy. This applies…
European fishing sector calls for action
The European fishing sector as a whole is aiming to stage a concerted day of protest to highlight widespread dissatisfaction with the bans and restrictions to demersal fishing proposed by…
EBFA states that the Commission’s Action Plan places a disproportionate burden on the fleet, which is still struggling with the consequences of Brexit, the Covid pandemic, inflation, and the energy crisis
Demersal ban dialogue continues
More than a month since the European Commission unveiled its plans to severely curtail demersal fisheries with its proposed Action Plan, industry figures came together in Brussels to meet representatives…
Trawl sector’s fears coming true
In unveiling its EU Action Plan: Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries, the European Commission has turned a blind eye to its own fisheries management system…
Commission plans demersal shutdown
While showing no inclination to reform the CFP and giving a free pass to other industries that affect the health of the oceans, the European Commission is expected shortly to…