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Irish investment in six seafood processing companies. The Irish Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D., has announced €3.5 million in new investment by six seafood processing companies, with his Department’s European Maritime ...
SFF underlines key Brexit demands. Scottish fisheries leaders have re-iterated the industry’s demands as talks resumed over a Brexit deal. SFF chief executive Elspeth MacDonald said the UK’s departure from the EU and its Common ...
EU tops up fisheries fund by €500 million to help recovery. In a press conference earlier this week, Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, explained the Commission’s decision to increase the European ...
UK fishers accuse EU of using ‘nuclear option’ in Brexit talks. The UK’s fishing industry has accused the EU of using a “nuclear option” to secure a Brexit deal, warning that it is prepared for blockades by ...
Emergency measures to prevent bycatch of cetaceans in Biscay and Baltic. The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) is advising a combination of fisheries closures and pingers in the Bay of Biscay ...
Europêche slams EU biodiversity proposal. Europêche, the European catching sector’s representative body, has criticised the EU’s new Biodiversity proposal for failing to recognise the importance of fisheries in food supply and the huge strides that ...
Irish review coronavirus impacts on seafood sector. The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Micahel Creed T.D., recently met by teleconference all the main representative groups for fishing, representing both the off-shore fleet ...
Fish stock could collapse if there is no Brexit deal. Fish stocks in British waters could suffer or even collapse if forthcoming negotiations between the UK and the EU fail to reach an agreement, according ...
EU fishing sector outlines coronavirus measures to ensure supply continuity. The EU fishing sector has presented to European authorities the critical measures that have to be taken in order to overcome the operational, commercial, and ...
Norway concerned about potential decline in EU seafood consumption. The Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) says its biggest immediate challenge in light of evolving coronavirus situation is a potential reduction in seafood consumption in European markets. ...
Pelagics prepare for UK adjustment. The UK’s new status as an independent coastal state was widely recognised at a recent seminar held at the North Atlantic Seafood Conference in Bergen. An audience of invited guests ...
A new equilibrium. The tectonic plates of European and internal UK politics are shifting. One consequence of this is that fishing has been thrust into a political prominence not seen since the cod wars with ...
UK Brexit deal negotiators must ‘stand firm’ on fisheries. Shetland Fishermen’s Association has urged UK negotiators to “stand firm” when talks over the future relationship between the UK and EU start later today. Referring to ...
Industry will keep up pressure over key Brexit goals. Scottish fishermen’s leaders will maintain pressure on ministers to secure the industry’s top priority of control over access to UK waters as the Brexit trade talks ...
UK Government outlines tough position on post-Brexit fishing. The UK Government has launched its official 30 page document on its position for the forthcoming Brexit negotiations, which includes the adoption of a tough stance on ...
Seafood processors call for continued tariff-free trade and access to labour. Scotland’s seafood processors are demanding continued tariff-free trade and access to labour in any Brexit deal reached between the UK and the EU. In ...
New project to develop biobased ropes for aquaculture. BIOGEARS is a new innovative project funded by the European Union under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund that is set to develop biobased gear solutions for ...
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