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Consultation on fishing opportunities launched by EC. The European Commission has adopted a Communication, taking stock of the implementation of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy and launching a consultation on the fishing opportunities for 2020. ...
European Maritime Day handed over to Cork. The official handover of European Maritime Day from Lisbon to Cork took place in the Portuguese capital last night. Cork City is to host European Maritime Day (EMD) ...
New Interactive Web Mapping App – The European Atlas of the Seas, an Interactive marine web mapping application from the European Commission Visitors to Seafood Expo Global in Brussels next month will have the opportunity ...
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 in case of a “no-deal” ...
EC adopts fishermen training standards report. The European Commission has adopted a report urging EU Member States to ratify the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessels Personnel (STCW-F Convention). ...
Register now for EC conference on oceans. On 19 March, the European Parliament and the European Commission organise a high-level conference on oceans: Future of the blue planet. Speakers include top representatives of leading NGOs, ...
Fishermen urged to be Brexit Ready Fishermen urged to be Brexit ready by registering with the IMO. Advice on preparing for the introduction of International Maritime Organisation (IMO) numbers as part of contingency planning, according ...
Ocean Literacy for All tender. On 1 March, the European Commission has launched a tender for a service contract to create the European Ocean Alliance or ‘EU4Oceans’. EU4Oceans will become the platform for all European ...
European fisheries discussions on Brexit. On February 19, the European Parliament Committee Fisheries held an exchange of views with a Commission Representative on two legislative proposals laid down by the EU to tackle a non-deal ...
Salmon company inspections underway as part of EC competition probe – The European Commission has confirmed that on 19 February 2019 its officials carried out unannounced inspections in several Member States at the premises of ...
EC welcomes provisional agreement on new technical conservation measures. The European Parliament and the Council agreed on the Commission’s proposal for decentralised and simplified technical rules, giving fishermen a stronger say in deciding on the ...
EC adopts contingency proposals to mitigate no-deal Brexit on EU fisheries – Given the continued uncertainty in the UK surrounding the ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, the European Commission has adopted two legislative proposals to ...
Killybegs fishers call for Brexit measures. As the UK meanders chaotically out of the EU, the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation has called for a suite of mitigation measures for fisheries to be spelled out clearly by ...
A pragmatic approach on Brexit needed, say European fishers, calling on both the EU and UK to avoid at all costs a no deal Brexit. A statement by the European Fisheries Alliance (EUFA) on last ...
EC publishes info guide on IUU fishing in a simple question and answer fact sheet, following the European Commission announcing this week that Thailand has successfully addressed the shortcomings in its fisheries legal and administrative ...
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, the strategy set a number ...
Europeche rejects EU Shark Trade Restrictions – The European fishing industry represented by Europêche opposes the inclusion of shortfin mako shark in Appendix II of CITES which would severely curtail the international trade of the ...
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