EU-Norway-UK fishing agreements for 2024
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…
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…
Europêche slams EU zero-duty seafood import policy
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…
European fishing calls for extension of Brexit compensation scheme
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…
Europêche warns that the Nature Restoration Law will serve only feed already overwhelming bureaucracy and environmental NGO lobbies – but not the people in Europe
Political agreement on Nature Restoration Law a disappointment
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…
Commission proposes 2024 Atlantic, Kattegat and Skagerrak fishing opportunities
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…
European fisheries deserve dedicated Commissioner
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.…
EU to use global standards for fisheries data sharing
The EU has announced its readiness to exchange fisheries control data using a new common global standard recognised by the United Nations. This is the first time this new global…
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Legislating for yesterday’s problem
Ideas floated by the European Commission in its proposals for selectivity devices to reduce by-catch in Baltic fisheries have been slammed by European coastal fisheries network LIFE Platform. In a…
Dire outlook for Baltic fisheries
The European Commission has adopted a proposal for the 2024 fishing opportunities for the Baltic Sea in response to a scientific assessment that indicates several fisheries are in a dire…