Rising concerns over fuel taxation
As WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies enter their final stage, and following two decades of wrangling, trade ministers from 164 countries are resolved to secure an agreement ahead of this…
As WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies enter their final stage, and following two decades of wrangling, trade ministers from 164 countries are resolved to secure an agreement ahead of this…
The EU pelagic sector, represented by EAPO and Europêche, has strongly criticised Norway’s decision to unilaterally set its own 2021 mackerel quota – awarding itself a 55% quota increase. The…
The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and Europêche have published new Guidelines on the medical examinations of fishing crews, paving the way for the harmonisation of standards for health and…
Despite the positive position adopted by the European Parliament on new rules intended to revise the Union Fisheries Control System, the mandatory installation of cameras on board fishing vessels is…
European fishing industry body Europêche has sent a strongly worded message to European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius, making plain that it is not acceptable for the Commission to portray its own…
European fishing industry body Europêche is demanding that the European Union and the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission close the loopholes that have allowed fishing with drift nets to continue, despite…
The message is to keep eating wild-caught EU fish – it’s good for your health, it’s good for our planet, and CO2 emissions from fishing are already down by 40%.…
Against the backdrop of the Brexit drama still being played out in Brussels, the EU Fisheries Council has reached agreements on 2021 fishing opportunities in the Atlantic, North Sea, the…
Following a marathon meeting, EU decision-makers agreed on the new European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) as part of the package of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). The new…
According to Europêche, scientific data has shown that the majority of fish stocks in the Atlantic have recovered in a record time and that overfishing in the EU is at…