Baltic proposals for 2025
The European Commission has adopted its proposal for the 2025 TACs and quotas for nine out of the ten stocks managed by the EU in the Baltic. The remaining quota…
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European fish stocks – good news and bad
There’s positive and negative news in the European Commission’s assessment of fish stocks, which will untimately have a strong bearing on the TACs and quotas for 2025. The Commission’s Sustainable…
Brendan Byrne of the Irish Fish Processors and Exporters Association (IFPEA) and Aodh O Donnell of the Irish Fish Producers Association (IFPO) want to see tangible compensation for Ireland and other EU members for the loss of fishing rights as non-EU states have inflated their own mackerel and blue whiting quotas
EU losing fishing rights to rogue Nordic states
EU coastal states are losing fishing rights to non-EU members because the European Commission’s scientifically informed approach to quotas is subject to abuse by rogue Nordic players, according to leading…
EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius has pledged greater transparency in the annual TACs and quotas process. Image: EU Commission
Commissioner promises greater transparency in setting TACs and quotas
Speaking during a meeting with a group of NGOs, European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius stated that the Commission would increase transparency in the negotiating process…
The December Council outcomes represent a compromise, protecting stocks and taking socio-economic factors into account – but 2020 will still be a tough year for many fishing communities
Council aims for sustainable catch limits for 2020
Two days of intensive negotiation has resulted in an agreement that reconciles the objective of securing healthy stocks with the need to ensure the socio-economic sustainability of the EU fleet,…
It’s that time of year again – as the Council of Ministers kicks off in Brussels
KFO: Fisheries and trade linkage is critical
With this year’s Council of Fisheries Ministers taking place this week in Brussels to allocate TACs and quotas for 2020, Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) Seán O’Donoghue has voiced his concern…
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EAPO calls for balance at December Council
With this year’s December Council approaching 16-17th December, the European Association of Fish Producers Organisations (EAPO) wants to see ministers set 2020 TACs and quotas with a balanced approach to…