MEPs back new management plan for bluefin tuna
Better rules on caging and fair distribution of bluefin tuna quotas among fleet segments are part of the new plan to manage bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.…
Demands for Commission to think again on nature legislation
The largest polticial grouping in the European Parliament, the EPP Group, has called on European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans to withdraw the nature restoration law proposal. This follows the rejection…
Pierre Karleskind is the new Chair of the European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee. Image: © European Union 2020/Vincent van Doornick
Pierre Karleskind elected as new Fisheries Committee Chair
The European Parliament’s Fisheries PECH Committee members have elected their new Chair, following the departure of the former Chair due to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. Oceanographer Pierre Karleskind…
A positive first meeting has taken place between Europêche, DG MARE and the newly elected chair of the European Parliament Committee
Positive talks with the new European Parliament
Industry representatives from across Europe showed a united front in highlighting the important role played by all fleets, both small and large, in providing healthy food to the consumers and…