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New action plan will boost organic aquaculture and agriculture in Europe. The European Commission has published a new action plan to accelerate the development of the organic sector. The plan will boost the production and ...
EC publishes knowledge hub on algae biomass. The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has released a new section on its Knowledge for Policy pages, specifically dedicated to algae. The webpage contains facts and figures about ...
Europêche criticises spread of damaging information by EC. Europêche, the European fishing industry representative body, has expressed concern about damaging information being spread by the EC with regards to fisheries. In a statement, Europêche said: ...
How to finance a sustainable ocean recovery. The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has just released a new guidance on blue finance to help banks, insurers and investors take action on the transition ...
Towards a strong and sustainable EU algae sector – conclusions from the public consultation. The European Commission is preparing a comprehensive cross-sectoral EU algae initiative. The aim of the initiative is to increase the sustainable ...
Shellfish Trade War Looms – Boris Johnson refuses to rule out trade war with EU as row over ban on British shellfish grows reports the Daily Mail. Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has refused to rule ...
EC and top chefs promote sustainable fish and seafood consumption. The European Commission has launched ‘Taste the Ocean’, a brand new social media campaign in which top chefs promote the consumption of sustainably caught or ...
EU fisheries control revision rules ‘a step in right direction’. Earlier this week, the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries voted on more than a thousand amendments on a new set of rules meant to revise ...
New EC investment in the blue economy. The European Commission is partnering with the European Investment Fund, to announce EUR 45 million of BlueInvest fund financing into 2 funds targeting the blue economy across Europe. ...
EU Arctic Policy – The European Commission and the External Action Service have released the summary of the results of the public consultation on the way forward for the European Union’s Arctic policy. The EU’s ...
Consultation on promoting EU algae production The European Commission has just published an online consultation on its roadmap towards a strong and sustainable EU algae sector. The EC says: “Algae have been part of human ...
Catch limits especially bad for Mediterranean fleet. Last week, the Fisheries Council reached an agreement on the fishing opportunities in the Atlantic, North Sea, the Mediterranean and Black Sea for 2021, and for deep-sea stocks ...
Heroic Herring: “Ocean Uprising” game released ahead of EU Fishing Negotiations. A heroic herring hero swims through the ocean, evading voracious cod, dolphins and massive industrial trawlers in “Ocean Uprising”, an online game released by ...
European fishing sector calls for greater protection of workers’ rights The European Social Partners in the Sea Fisheries Sector (ETF and Europêche) hosted a webinar on the ILO Work in Fishing Convention (C188) considering its ...
European fishers urge caution on windfarm development. As part of the Green Deal, the European Commission has announced the goal to increase the EU’s offshore energy production twenty times to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. ...
Europêche calls for Chinese tuna anti-dumping investigation. Europêche has presented a request to the European Commission for the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of tuna processed loins – mainly skipjack – originating in ...
FDA achieves key milestone, finalises framework that will resume shellfish trade with Europe for the first time in 10 years. “Today’s announcement is a significant milestone that will resume trade in shellfish between the U.S. ...
People of Ireland contribute to Mission Starfish 2030. The Mission Board for Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters will this week present its interim report Mission Starfish 2030: Restore our Ocean and Waters to ...
Baltic Sea: EC adopts report on multiannual plan. Ahead of this autumn’s negotiations on fishing opportunities for 2021, the Commission has adopted a report taking stock of the multiannual plan (MAP) for the Baltic Sea. ...
Cypriot seafood sector benefits from EMFF support. Following the coronavirus outbreak with its sudden and unprecedented impact on fisheries and aquaculture, the European Commission took rapid action to help the sectors, including amendments to the ...
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