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EU champions sustainable fisheries at ICCAT annual meeting. The annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) ended on 20 November in New Cairo, Egypt. […]
Europêche calls for a Commissioner exclusively devoted to Fisheries. The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) organised a conference on Monday, on ‘EU food sovereignty: the role of agriculture, fisheries […]
EU announces its readiness to use global standards for sharing fisheries data. On 4 September the EU announced its readiness to exchange fisheries control data using a new common global […]
EU and UK reach three agreements on fisheries management. The EU-UK Specialised Committee on Fisheries (SCF) reached three agreements for better fisheries management between the EU and UK. The agreements […]
EU and Madagascar sign fisheries agreement. The EU and Madagascar signed a new sustainable fisheries partnership agreement (SFPA), and its implementing protocol. This new agreement represents a milestone in fisheries governance, since […]
European Parliament approves new fisheries agreement with Mauritius. The European Parliament gave its consent to the 2022-2026 deal between the EU and Mauritius, which will increase the amount of fish […]
European Parliament delegation in Croatia to look into fisheries restricted areas. The challenges of fisheries restricted areas was the focus of a Fisheries Committee delegation to Split and Hvar, in […]
Blue NGOs call for ambitious targets towards carbon-neutral fisheries in new Energy Transition Partnership. European Commission kick-starts multi-stakeholder cooperation to decarbonise sector and achieve 2050 climate goals Brussels, 16 June […]
EU accepts WTO agreement of fisheries subsidies. The EU has formally accepted the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on behalf of its 27 Member States. The EU’s […]
Recommendations on European Year of Skills, especially the needs of the fisheries and aquaculture sector. The Market Advisory Council (MAC) delivered recommendations to the European Commission on the 2023 European […]
The EU and Norway signed three bilateral agreements including quota setting in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, the exchanges of quotas between the two parties, and reciprocal access to waters […]
Warning to governments on offshore wind from European fisheries groups. Fisheries groups from around Europe today demanded that governments wake up and recognise the dangers to sustainable food production of […]
New insights published into ecological and human influences on European fisheries. SEAwise, a collaborative project working to break down barriers to Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) in Europe, has published […]
Arctic Acquisitions: two new artworks join the Collections at the Scottish Fisheries Museum. Thanks to funding from the National Fund for Acquisitions, the Scottish Fisheries Museum has been able to […]
EU presidency confident on compromise on fisheries control system. Ministers have outlined the priorities of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU to parliamentary committees, in a series […]
Irish and EU meeting on fisheries conservation and control measures. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), Ireland’s competent authority for sea-fisheries and seafood production, recently hosted a delegation from the European […]
Fisheries deal between UK and EU/Norway. Statement from Shetland Fishermen’s Association. Reacting to the deal between the UK and the EU and Norway on fish catches for 2023, and particularly […]
EU Social Partners in the fisheries sector launch new project. The new joint project of the European social partners for sea fisheries (Europêche and ETF) has kicked off in Amsterdam. Following […]
EU and Morocco fisheries committee meet. The fourth Joint Committee of the sustainable fisheries partnership agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco met on 9 and 10 […]
New fisheries agreement between the EU and Madagascar. The EU and Madagascar have agreed on the text of a new sustainable fisheries partnership agreement (SFPA), together with its implementing protocol. This […]
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