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First EU-Canada Ocean Partnership Forum. The 1st Ocean Partnership Forum between the EU and Canada took place in Brussels on 3 and 4 October. Co-designed by the European Commission and the […]
European Parliament adopts new rules for tuna fishing in the Indian Ocean. The European Parliament approved report on tuna fishing measures in the Indian Ocean with 596 votes against 4 […]
Brexit will make future European fish negotiations difficult – EAPO. The European Association of Producers’ Organisations has given the European Commission (EC) its feedback on the functioning of the Common […]
EU fishing sector slams lack of expertise in developing taxonomy standards. The EU Taxonomy aims to become a tool for companies and investors to help identifying those projects and economic […]
EU protects 16,000 KM² of vulnerable deep-sea life. Virginijus Sinkevičius, the European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, has announced the closure of over 16,000 square kilometres of the […]
Pelagic fishers call for action against Norway and Faroe over mackerel. The Pelagic Advisory Council (PAC) has written to the EC demanding action on over the unilateral setting of mackerel […]
Recommendations to EC on environmental footprint of fish products. The Market Advisory Council (MAC) recently delivered recommendations to the European Commission on the Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) for Marine Fish Products for Human Consumption. […]
EC adopts proposal for fishing opportunities in the Baltic for 2023. The European Commission adopted its proposal for fishing opportunities for 2023 for the Baltic Sea. Based on this proposal, […]
EC adopts €6.7 million programme for Austria. Following the adoption of the Partnership Agreement 2021-2027 with Austria, the Commission has adopted the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) Programme for Austria, […]
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 […]
Future Common Fisheries Policy must correct failed policies. Last week, the European Commission organised a stakeholder event to take stock of the current EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The President […]
EC publishes sustainable fishing report. The European Commission has published its Communication “Towards more sustainable fishing in the EU: state of play and orientations for 2023” giving an annual review of EU’s […]
Galway School receives the European Blue Schools Award – Find the Blue Challenge. Kilglass National School (NS), Ahascragh, Co Galway, has received the European Blue Schools Award. The award is […]
EC launches EU Blue Economy Observatory The European Commission has launched the EU Blue Economy Observatory, a new knowledge dissemination platform for the sustainability of our oceans, seas and coastal […]
The European Commission has published a report on the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive, which sets the obligation for the 22 coastal Member States to establish maritime spatial plans […]
EC proposes second package of Ukraine war crisis measures for fisheries. The EC has proposed a legislative amendment to the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund 2014–20 (EMFF), which would allow for […]
Ireland’s SFPA clarifies control inspection regime. Ireland’s Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has sought to clarify information with regard to recent control inspections which include supervising the weighing before transport of […]
European fisheries control agency elects Chairperson. The Administrative Board of the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) has elected Fabrizio Donatella, Director of Fisheries Policy Atlantic, North Sea, Baltic and Outermost […]
New developments in the case of illegal subsidies for electric fishing: BLOOM requests the intervention of the Secretary-General of the European Commission. The illegal use of public funds to finance […]
New Irish control plan for weighing of fishery products Ireland’s Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has confirmed that a Control Plan to enable the derogation of weighing of fishery products after […]
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