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EC to explore the future of fishers up to 2050. The Commission has launched ‘Fishers of the Future’, an EU-wide participatory project that will examine the future role of fishers in […]
Scoular launches new global website Scoular has launched a new global website that provides customers details on local expertise, products and services within seven international regions. The website’s translated microsites […]
EU blue economy report published. The blue bioeconomy includes any economic activity associated with the use of renewable aquatic biological resources to make products. The 2022 edition of the EU blue […]
Fisheries MEPs back the extension of EU-Mauritius fisheries protocol. The European Parliament fisheries committee has temporarily extended the protocol implementing the EU-Mauritius fisheries agreement. Parliament’s fisheries committee gave a green […]
EC launches platform to promote production and use of algae in Europe. The European Commission, the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) and a consortium of sustainability consultants […]
Fisheries Negotiations Approach Endgame – Europe, Tacs and Quotas, Trade & Cooperation Agreement comment by the NFFO Five separate strands within the complex intertwined negotiations for fisheries agreements for 2022 […]
Europe still open to seafarers. Seafarers around the world can still travel to Europe to join vessels – even from countries facing fresh Covid-19 outbreaks such as India, where daily […]
Scottish salmon sector welcomes cross-party recommendations to streamline export process. Scotland’s salmon producers have welcomed recommendations to improve the process of exporting seafood to the EU made today (Thursday 29 […]
Norwegian skrei making headlines across Europe. In Spain, they call it the “wild and athletic cod that returns home every year”, in Germany “the gold from Lofoten” and in France […]
What role for oceans and fisheries in a sustainable EU of the future? Make your voice heard! The Conference on the Future of Europe is a unique and timely opportunity […]
Predicting and managing harmful algal blooms impacts in the coastal seas of Europe now and in the future. Over the last three years, researchers from 12 institutes across seven European […]
NFFO Calls For Additional Quota Allocation The NFFO has written to the Secretary of State, George Eustice, arguing that additional quota secured from the EU should be first and foremost […]
Fishermen urged to remove gear from non-UK waters ahead of Brexit – With 10 days until Brexit, fishermen who have deployed static gear in non-UK waters are being urged to […]
EU ban on single use plastics will benefit marine environment – The Council of the EU recently adopted a directive which introduces new restrictions on certain single-use plastic products. Marine […]
EU Launches IUU Fishing Tool In the continued efforts to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishery (IUU) globally, Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, will launch the […]
Europe Ratifies Technical Rule Simplification – The European Parliament has adopted the political agreement reached in February between the co-legislators on the Commission’s proposal for decentralised and simplified technical rules. […]
EC presents no deal mitigation plan for Brexit Fisheries The European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Karmenu Vella has presented contingency measures to mitigate the impact on fisheries […]
European fishing body, Europêche, urges politicians to recognise importance of fishing. In light of the upcoming European Parliament elections in May 2019, the fishing industry represented by Europêche is reminding political […]
A project boosting EU fish breeding is taking European aquaculture to the next level through technological advances in breeding of six species in Europe. The EU project Fishboost started in […]
EU coastal and maritime tourism strategy – The Commission’s “European Strategy for more Growth and Jobs in Coastal and Maritime Tourism” is almost five years old. Adopted in February 2014, […]
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