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…
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…
Following on from the claims made by French tuna industry federation Orthongel that EU control regulations could put the fleet out of business, Europêche has stated that the same applies…
European fishing industry groups have welcomed a second round of aid designed to help fishing cope with the fuel crisis as the EuropeanParliament adopted a modification of EMFF 2014-2022 to…
European industry bodies Europêche and EAPO have slammed the the positions of Norway and the Faroe Islands on this year’s mackerel fishery – stating that the quotas these countries have…
Speaking at a stakeholder event organised by the European Commission, Europêche president Javier Garat told delegates that fishing must regain its place as an essential and respected activity. ‘Our fishermen…
While industry body Europêche is adamant that European fishing vessels have not been active in Somalian and Indian waters, the Blue Marine Foundation claims that Spanish-flagged tuna vessels fished in…
At its 26th session, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) has adopted a procedure that will enable a quota to be set for bigeye tuna in 2024, under a proposal…