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 culmination of a maraton 40-hour session at the UN headquarters in New York, resulting in UN member states reaching agreement on the landmark international Treaty on the Conservation and…
The social partners for the EU’s marine fisheries, ETF and Europeche, have strongly welcomed a regulation presented by the European Commission to prohibit products manufactured in violation of human and…
Every scenario modelled by researchers since the adoption of the regulation closing 87 areas of Atlantic waters to demersal fishing shows economic and employment losses, according to European industry body…
Scientists from French and Spanish institutes have met European tuna operators to discuss at a European level challenges facing stakeholders. Representatives of Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) in…
Europêche and ocean technologies pioneer Innomar have signed a memorandum of understanding towards the exploration of new ways of enhancing sustainable fishing and new methods of fishing. This could create…
The new joint project of the European social partners for sea fisheries (Europêche and ETF) has kicked off in Amsterdam. Following a selection process, Europêche and ETF will work with…
Last week’s plenary of the European Social Dialogue Committee for sea fisheries was attended by commissioner for environment, oceans and fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius, during which social partners ETF and Europeche…
The FISH Platform has been active and influential as an informal group of experts focusing their efforts on health and safety issues in the fishing industry. So far, it has…
Despite the serious efforts and sacrifices made by European purse seiner operators to restore the bigeye tuna stock, this week's discussions at ICCAT did not lead to the TAC increase…