Transparency and expertise shortfall in EU taxonomy standards
The EU Taxonomy aims to become a tool for companies and investors to help identifying those projects and economic activities that have a substantial positive impact on the climate and…
Alarm over demersal shutdown proposal
European fishing industry representatives are sounding the alarm over the likelihood of the European Commission’s plans to shut down 94 sea areas across French, Spanish, Portuguese and Irish waters to…
Regionalisation improves fisheries management, but more work is needed
The European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) has published a study contracted by the European Commission on regionalisation, the findings of which are that regionalisation has allowed for…
Inflexible CFP prevents fisheries sector from facing future challenges
Speaking at a stakeholder event held in Brussels last week, representatives of European Association of fish Producers Organisations (EAPO) said that the CFP urgently needs fixing if the recovery of…
European industry welcomes EC support measures
The EU fishing industry has welcomed the rapid response from the European Commission in adopting emergency measures designed to mitigate the adverse effects of the energy crisis and to calm…
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Commission’s 2022 Baltic quota proposals
The European Commission has adopted its proposal for fishing opportunities for 2022 for the Baltic, proposing an increase for Gulf of Riga herring, and unchanged quotas for sprat, plaice and…
European fishing vessels could permanently lose fishing rights in Norway. Image: Tersan
Europe could lose Norwegian quotas
President of German fishing industry association Deutscher Fischerei-Verband Gero Hocker has warned that if the European Union does bot move to defend the interests of its fishing industry in the…
EU and UK reach agreement in principle on 2021 fishing opportunities
The European Union and the United Kingdom have concluded the negotiations on an agreement in principle setting out catch limits for jointly managed fish stocks for 2021. This was finalised…
Commissioner must address spread of damaging information
European fishing industry body Europêche has sent a strongly worded message to European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius, making plain that it is not acceptable for the Commission to portray its own…
Time to close drift net loopholes
European fishing industry body Europêche is demanding that the European Union and the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission close the loopholes that have allowed fishing with drift nets to continue, despite…