Fishermen protest as ministers meet
EU ministers of fisheries meeting in the German port of Büsum found that the backdrop to their session was a protest by hundreds of German shrimp fishermen looking to vent…
EU ministers of fisheries meeting in the German port of Büsum found that the backdrop to their session was a protest by hundreds of German shrimp fishermen looking to vent…
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…
The European Commission’s proposals to shut down the use of mobile fishing gears inside MPAs has been slammed on the floor of the European Parliament by MEP Pierre Karleskind, who…
France’s national fishing industry body has reacted furiously to the European Commission’s plans for demersal gears in MPAs, accusing it of proposing measures that will wreck whole sections of the…
The fishing industry represented by the Fishing Shipowners' Cooperative of the Port of Vigo (ARVI) considers that the European Commission announcement of four strategic lines for the future will have…
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…
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…
With negotiations between Norway and the European Union entering a fifth round of talks, Irish industry figures have slammed Norway’s aggressive position, accusing it of demanding unrestricted access to Irish…
The social partners for the EU’s marine fisheries, ETF and Europeche, have strongly welcomed a regulation presented by the European Commission to prohibit products manufactured in violation of human and…
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…