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…
EU fishing industry calls for action against Norway and Faroes
European fishing industry bodies Europêche and EAPO are leading the call for the European Union to take immediate action concerning the stance taken by Norway and the Faroe Islands on…
EU fishermen ask consumers to boycott Norwegian seafood
European fishing industry body Europêche states that the Norwegian government has cynically manipulated the aftermath of Brexit to make a grab for fishing quotas that have long been held by…
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…
EU industry slams Norway’s mackerel quota grab
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…
New fishing industry medical guidelines
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…
Big Brother on board
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…
Commissioner must address spread of damaging information
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…
Time to close drift net loopholes
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…