The Netherlands has become the latest EU member state to voice its criticism of the European Commission’s Action Plan that outlines severe restrictions on demersal fisheries. The Dutch cabinet’s position…
As demonstrations continued to rock French fishing ports, France’s Minister for the Sea Hervé Berville followed up his pledge made during a meeting with industry figures last week and went…
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…