Revamped EU rules in force
The European Union’s new fisheries control system came into force this week. This aims to digitise every aspect of seafood’s journey from the deck of a fishing vessel to a…
Europêche slams EU zero-duty seafood import policy
European fishing industry body Europêche has strongly criticised the adoption by the European Council of a regulation for preferential market access (Autonomous Tariff Quotas), which it states are extended to…
Fresh fish and seafood arrangement on black stone background
Tariff derogations only for products that meet sustainability criteria, says European industry
With the European Commission about propose a regulation setting autonomous tariff quotas (ATQs) for certain fishery products for the years 2024 and 2025, and industry body Europêche points out that…
Russian seafood entering the UK market
The Environmental Justice Foundation, a London-based NGO, has pointed the finger UK retailers as having the power to prevent seafood imports from Russia entering the UK market. EJF points out…
European industry bodies Europêche and EAPO are calling on the EU Council of Ministers to reduce the amount of imported duty-free fish
EU giving priority to cheap imported fish over sustainable EU production
810,000 tonnes of imported fish will benefit from massive tariff derogations regardless of their origin, way of production, sustainability of the stock, labour standards or even if the third country…
The scandal of treatment of crew on board Chinese longliner Long Xing 629 is something Europe can not ignore, according to OPAGAC. Image: wcpfc
OPAGAC: Europe should reflect on Chinese seafood imports
Spain’s tuna sector says that Europe needs to take a close look at the criteria for its imports of seafood from Chinese fishing fleets as news about the degrading treatment…