The European Commission has published a legislative package in response to the severe economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the fishing industry, unlocking existing EU funding and market schemes…
Europêche, representing the EU fishing sector, has made a series of proposals to the European authorities for critical measures needed to cope with the operational, commercial, and safety problems the…
European fishing industry body Europêche and the European Association of Fish Producer organisations (EAPO) are jointly committing to maintaining the supply of seafood. ‘As a responsible industry we will do…
The newly elected chair of the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries (PECH) joined last week's Europêche General Assembly meeting to discuss the many pressing issues faced by the fishing sector.…
Currently representing around 198 fishermen's associations, known as cofradías, 30,000 affiliates and 8000 small-scale fishing vessel owners, the Spanish National Federation of Cofradías (FNCP,) has become the latest full member…
Two days of intensive negotiation has resulted in an agreement that reconciles the objective of securing healthy stocks with the need to ensure the socio-economic sustainability of the EU fleet,…
In a first formal meeting with the European fishing industry, represented by Europêche, new Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius acknowledged the significant efforts made in the North…
Recognising that the recovery of the bigeye tuna stock requires balanced efforts and sacrifices by vessels using all fishing gears, the European purse seiners are fully assuming their share of…
Safe, legal and sustainable sums up the message unanimously from governments during the Ministerial Conference on Fishing Vessel Safety and IUU Fishing, organised by the IMO and the Government of…
Cepesca general secretary and Europêche president Javier Garat has told Commissioner-elect Virginijus Sinkevicius that the European fishing sector has long been frustrated by what it sees as a lack of…