Crisis is business as usual for the Baltic
An event organised in Brussels by Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) has marked five years of emergency management of Baltic fisheries designed to protect the Eastern Baltic cod stock…
European industry slams UK ‘swapping in stolen goods’
European fishing operators, represented by Europêche, have responded to the tripartite mackerel deal struck between Norway, the Faroe Islands and the UK, dismissing it as seeking to legitimise continuous overfishing…
CFP evaluation launched
The European Commission has launched a consultation to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the common fisheries policy (CFP). This consultation constitutes the first part of a thorough evaluation intended…
Commission consults on funding programmes
The European Commission has launched two consultations to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of past and current funding programmes for fisheries and maritime activities. The first of these aims to…
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European fish stocks – good news and bad
There’s positive and negative news in the European Commission’s assessment of fish stocks, which will untimately have a strong bearing on the TACs and quotas for 2025. The Commission’s Sustainable…
Fisheries deserve dedicated Commissioner
Long critical of the European Commission’s unfortunate grouping together of environment, oceans and fisheries within a sngle portfolio, industry body Europêche has welcomed the pledge by Commission President Ursula von…
The yellow card is a warning signal, as a precursor to a red card which would exclude exports to the EU Images: FAO
Senegal handed EU yellow card
Its failure to get to grips with illegal fishing has resulted in Senegal being given a yellow card by the European Commission. Although this does not affect trade with the…
Implementing Article 17 to Make Fishing Fair
Signed by 37 organisations representing thousands of fishing people across Europe, an open letter delivered this week to Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans & Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius outlines the steps…
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…