Europêche appoints new tuna group director
Europêche has appointed Anne-France Mattlet as director of its newly established Tuna Group, set up to boost the organisation’s support for sustainable tuna fishing and to promote the voice 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…
The future CFP must achieve balance
The last major overhaul of the CFP, adopted in 2013, was a radical overhaul of policies on fisheries with MSY as the goal for all species – which the industry…
Calling on von der Leyen to stand up for the rights of EU fishermen
Every EU fishing company active in the cod fishery in the Barents Sea represented by Europêche and ENAFA has signed an appeal to President of the European Commission Ursula von…
European fishermen call for emergency measures to meet fuel crisis
Representatives of the European fisheries sector have met Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius to discuss responses to the sharp rise in energy and logistics prices following the invasion of Ukraine, warning that…
SOS for Mediterranean fishing communities
During the meeting of the Social Dialogue Committee for Sea Fisheries this week, the Social Partners – ETF, Europêche and Copa-Cogeca – adopted a joint resolution on the situation of…
European industry stands together on bottom trawling
Representing the interests of more than 22,000 fishermen and 8000 vessels, an alliance of fishing organisations from across the European Union has headed to Brussels to make clear the importance…
ICCAT decisions disappointing for European industry
In spite the numerous requests from the EU on all countries to take proportional effort and responsibility towards the good management and full recovery of bigeye tuna, according to European…
Minimum conditions for social certification
Fishing industry bodies are looking to rule out social-washing as they emphasise the importance of the ILO Work in Fishing Convention C188 as the standard for human and labour rights…
Euro-Moroccan fishing sector unites on court decision annulling EU-Morocco fisheries agreement
The Joint Euro-Moroccan Commission of Fishing Professionals met last week to jointly address the options and challenges posed by the ruling of the General Court of the EU annulling the…