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Europêche meets new EU Fish Commissioner. The European fishing industry represented by Europêche has met with Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries. The newly elected Commissioner listened and exchanged views with fishing industry ...
EU and Faroes reach 2020 quota deal. On December 10th, the European Union and the Faroe Islands have reached an agreement on reciprocal exchanges of fishing opportunities in each other’s waters for 2020. The new ...
Impacts of climate change on oceans. The UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted on 10 December two resolutions on Oceans and Law of the Seas and on Sustainable Fisheries. In this context, the EU called for ...
Portuguese top EU seafood eating chart. If you want to know what fishery products are exported or imported, when and where, what is consumed and by whom, what are the main trends of the European ...
Several key objectives met at tuna conference. The EU says some of its key objectives were achieved at last week’s meeting of The International Commission for the conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). The parties to ...
Fishing industry seeks support for December 2020 CFP exit. The fishing industry is urging politicians to support its goal of exiting the Common Fisheries Policy within one year of the general election. Scottish Fishermen’s Federation ...
Key EU countries blamed for unsustainable fishing limits. Over the last five years key EU countries have actively pushed for unsustainable fishing limits in the North East Atlantic and other countries have failed to stop ...
WWF – unclear EU fishing deals compromising sustainability. A lack of accountability and transparency around EU fishing activities outside EU waters is contributing to overfishing and endangering local food supply, two new WWF reports reveal. ...
New fisheries plan for Med and Black Sea. The 43rd General Fisheries Commission for Mediterranean (GFCM) Annual Session attended by 24 countries took place in Athens from 4 to 9 November 2019. The 15 recommendations ...
Delay to implementation period would harm fish catching sector. An extension of the implementation period due to the latest Brexit delay would be highly damaging for the Scottish fishing fleet. That was the warning from ...
App helps fishermen to target fishing areas. The development of an app to help fishermen target areas where they can catch fish for which they have quota and to avoid fish for which they don’t, ...
Key EU whitefish stocks face cuts for 2020. Ahead of the 16-17 December Council meeting on Fisheries, the Commission has adopted its proposal for fishing opportunities in 2020 for 72 stocks in the Atlantic and ...
EU and Seychelles agree new fisheries partnership. The EU and the Seychelles have concluded negotiations for a new Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) and a new protocol that will strengthen their cooperation in the fisheries ...
Funding boost of £15.4 million for English fishing industry. • £14.7 million fund opens to drive innovation and technology, improve port infrastructure and support jobs • £700,000 for lifesaving vessel safety measures • Investment brings ...
EU seeks fishing safety agreement. The EU will encourage the ratification of the 2012 Cape Town Agreement on safety of fishing vessels at the Ministerial Conference on Safe and Legal Fishing hosted by Spain jointly ...
Withdrawal Agreement and Beyond. Leaving aside the possibility of a hiccup in these politically turbulent times, it is now possible that the UK will leave the EU on 31st October, or shortly after, within the ...
SFF statement on Brexit agreement. The SFF today welcomed the agreement reached between the UK and European Union to secure the UK’s exit from the EU. Three years since the referendum, this agreement provides the ...
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