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Scottish Government sets out economic link landing conditions. On 30 August 2017, the Scottish Government issued a public consultation seeking views on proposed amendments to the economic link licence condition […]
EAPO discusses challenges facing European fishing. The European Association of Fish Producers Organisations held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2022 earlier this month in Gothenburg, Sweden. At the event, Sarah […]
Food security a top priority for EU fisheries. European Ministers are outlining the priorities of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU to parliamentary committees, in a series […]
NFFO Chairman’s Report 2022. Introduction: The reversal of fortunes of our industry has been sudden and stark. We have a fight on our hands on multiple fronts. The Trade and […]
Fishing quotas: MEPs call for more transparency. EU governments should put more emphasis on environmentally friendly and socially sustainable fishing practices when distributing fishing quotas, say MEPs. On Tuesday MEPs […]
Irish press for greater protection of inshore waters. Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has met with his French counterpart, Annick Girardin, the French Minister of […]
MEPs urge UK to act in ‘good faith’ over fisheries. The EU-UK relationship must act in good faith after Brexit, otherwise the Commission should be ready to protect the EU […]
NFFO Responds to Joint Fisheries Statement, currently under way by the four UK fisheries administrations. Consultation on the draft Joint Fisheries Statement Response by the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations […]
The future CFP must prioritise increased productivity, says Europeche. In a hearing organised by the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries, the President of Europêche, Javier Garat, analysed the implementation of […]
CFP and common market consultation still ongoing. The targeted EU consultations asking stakeholders to contribute to the upcoming reports on the functioning of the common fisheries policy (CFP) and the common market organisation (CMO) […]
Spanish fishing group creates new PO association. Cepesca’s Board of Directors decided at its last meeting, held yesterday, to create a national Association of Fishery Producer Organisations (AOP). With the launch […]
PECH committee re-elects Pierre Karleskind as chair. European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries (PECH) re-elected Pierre Karleskind (Renew, FR) as committee chair for the second half of the legislature, on Monday. […]
NFFO writes to Minister on bass delay. The NFFO has written to Fisheries Minister to express exasperation that flexibilities in bass bycatch arrangements will not be made available to UK […]
EC seeks comments on revision of EU state rules for fishery sector. The European Commission is inviting all interested parties to comment on proposed revised State aid rules for the agricultural, forestry and fishery sectors. The […]
EC consultations on the CFP and CMO The European Commission launched two targeted consultations to ask stakeholders to contribute to two upcoming reports: the report on the functioning of the common […]
EC adopts contingency plans to tackle food shortages. Following the COVID-19 crisis and as announced in the Farm to Fork Strategy, the EU intends to step up coordination at European level […]
French domestic politics and fishing. Europe Trade and Cooperation Agreement. It is simply not possible to satisfactorily explain the current turbulence between the UK and France over licences in fishing […]
EU holds key to transition to low-carbon, low-impact fishing industry. Watch press briefing video The EU and its member states must transition to a more ecologically, socially and economically sustainable […]
EU funding in the fisheries, aquaculture and processing sectors; how was it used? The latest implementation report of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) is now available. It highlights […]
EC publishes report on implementation of technical measures. The European Commission has published the first report on the implementation of the Technical Measures Regulation (TMR), which sets out the conservation measures […]
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