Recognising the success of Western Med measures
Speaking at the Council of Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries held in Luxembourg, Spain’s Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Luis Planas has urged the European Commission to recognise the…
Ministry confirms subsidies for western Med gear adjustment
Spain’s Secretary General for Fisheries Isabel Artime has held meetings with autonomous communities and the representatives of the Mediterranean fishing sector to discuss measures to be adopted relating to demersal…
Pushing for moratorium on Med restrictions
Ahead of upcoming the AgriFish meeting, the Fisheries Ministers of France, Spain and Italy are together pushing for a moratorium on further restrictions on fisheries in the Mediterranean. Spanish minister…
Western Med measures yield positive results
Data made available by the European Commission’s Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) indicates that 20% of Western Mediterranean stocks are being harvested sustainably – at maximum sustainable yield,…
Mapping Med’s pelagic ecosystem
The Medias 2024 survey, designed to examine the Mediterranean’s pelagic ecosystem, has been launched by Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, under the scientific direction of the Spanish Oceanographic…
Spanish industry calls out NGO’s conspiracy theories
The initiative by eNGO Oceana to target the Spanish demersal fleet fishing in the Alborán Sea has been slammed by Spanish industry federation Cepesca and the Andalusian Federation of Fishing…
Commission reports on Western Med initiative
The European Commission has adopted a report on the outcomes of the Western Mediterranean (WestMED) initiative which has been in place for the last five years. The resulting recommendations are…
