Commission powerless on IUU activity – or complacent?
The question of the European Commission’s reluctance to take measures over the activities of fishing vessels of Italian origin operating in African waters has been again flagged up by The…
The question of the European Commission’s reluctance to take measures over the activities of fishing vessels of Italian origin operating in African waters has been again flagged up by The…
The owners of three trawlers from Bulgaria that have been detained in Romania are taking their grievance to Brussels in an effort to get the situation resolved, as there seems…
The EU Commission has a track record of rushing deals through just before holiday periods, according to Aodh O Donnell – and it seems it’s ready to strike an agreement…
A suite of agreements on fishing in the North-East Atlantic and North Sea has been reached by the EU with Norway and the UK as a tripartite agreement on jointly…
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…
European fishing industry body Europêche has strongly criticised the adoption by the European Council of a regulation for preferential market access (Autonomous Tariff Quotas), which it states are extended to…
Representing 29 POs across ten EU member states, EAPO is warning that having already incurred heavy losses in terms of slashed quotas, fishing operators now risk losing compensation worth millions…
The destructive nature legislation agreed by the European Parliament and the Council threatens European livelihoods and food production, according to fishing industry body Europêche, which states that this law will…
The European Commission has published its proposal to set TACs for 18 fish stocks in the EU waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Kattegat and Skagerrak for 2024 – and for…
The state of and importance of fisheries in the European Union are such that the sector needs a dedicated Commissioner of its own, according to European fishing industry body Europêche.…