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EC launches restore our oceans campaign. The European Commission launched the Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030’. This Mission, part of Horizon Europe, aims in the next decade to restore the health of ...
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 the most important achievements supported ...
Concern about General Court ruling on EU-Morocco fisheries agreement. The Joint Euro-Moroccan Commission of Fishing Professionals has expressed its concern and caution regarding the ruling of the General Court of the EU that annuls the ...
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 governing how, where and when ...
Annual Fisheries Negotiations – preparations for 2022 underway, reports an article on the NFFO website. Only a few short months after the annual fisheries agreement for 2021 between the UK and EU was concluded, preparations ...
Working group sets out improvements for langoustine sector. Recommendations for delivering a profitable, sustainable and fair supply chain for the langoustine (Nephrops) industry have been set out in a new report published by a Scottish ...
Nomad Foods and BlueNalu collaborate to introduce cell-cultured seafood in Europe. Nomad Foods Europe’s leading frozen food company and BlueNalu, a leading innovative food company developing a variety of seafood products directly from fish cells, have ...
Record EU sales for Scottish salmon. Scotland’s salmon farmers sold more fresh fish to the EU in the first half of 2021 than ever before according to HMRC export figures released today. Official stats showed ...
EU and Cook Islands to continue fisheries partnership. The European Union and the Cook Islands have agreed to continue their successful fisheries partnership as part of the sustainable fisheries partnership agreement (SFPA), for a duration of ...
Marine migratory behaviour of salmon. New EU and Norwegian Research Council genetic study sheds considerable light on marine migratory behaviour of salmon. Marine survival of salmon in the eastern North Atlantic has substantially declined in ...
WTO takes important steps towards global trade rules for sustainable fishing. On 15 July, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) held a ministerial meeting on fisheries subsidies, which confirmed the commitment to set the course for ...
GTA slams blocking of plans to rebuild mako shark population. The EU and US yet again blocked a proposal to rebuild endangered shortfin mako shark population, at an intersessional of the International Commission for the ...
EC extends CFP ‘access to waters’ regime. The EC has adopted the proposal to extend the ‘’access to waters’’ regime under the current common fisheries policy (CFP) for another ten years, avoiding any disruption in the ...
Brexit has stirred-up already complex fisheries management – EU fishing leader. Last week, Pelagic Freezer-trawler Association (PFA) president Gerard van Balsfoort was the keynote speaker on a webinar of The City of Law School – ...
Irish seafood task force sets out recommendations. Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has now received the interim report of the Seafood Sector Task Force. The Minister set up the Seafood ...
Legal challenge over alleged Dutch misreporting of fish catches. ClientEarth and the small-scale fishers’ platform Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) have just launched a legal challenge against the Dutch authorities for leaving the door wide open ...
MPAs – a policy tool with only winners. Every year, the European Commission organises a seminar on fisheries science. The event attracts dozens of stakeholders from different areas to discuss and learn about topical issues ...
EC moves to reduce fishing gear marine litter. The European Commission has provided guidance on the EU rules on single-use plastics and adopts an Implementing Decision on the monitoring and reporting of fishing gear placed on the market and waste fishing ...
Ireland slams Norway’s unilateral mackerel quota increase. The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue, T.D. has described Norway’s unilaterally announced 55% increase in its share of the Mackerel Stock in 2021 ...
EU pelagic fishers slam Norwegian mackerel quota increase. The EU pelagic fishing industry, organised under the banners of EAPO and Europêche, has strongly rejected the decision by the Norwegian government to unilaterally increase Norway’s share ...
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