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EU tuna purse seine fleet reaffirms the importance of science-based decisions in RFMOs. The Europêche Tuna Group organised on January 21st in Bermeo its third meeting between industry and science stakeholders at […]
Launch of ITUNNES Project: Enhancing tuna stock assessment through European science-sector collaboration. Last week, on June 17th, in Pasaia, Spain, AZTI hosted the kick-off meeting of the ITUNNES project, that […]
European tuna freezers’ fleet hit hard by IOTC’s double standards. The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)’s 28th session, held from May 13th to 17th in Bangkok, Thailand, ended on a bitter note for the […]
Collaboration to achieve enhanced tuna stock assessments. EU tuna purse seine fleet representatives and scientists to continue collaboration to achieve enhanced tuna stock assessments. The Europêche Tuna Group organised on January […]
EU tropical tuna purse seine fleet collaborates in Seychelles to advance marine habitat conservation with FAD Watch Project. On Monday, July 31st, 2023, the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA), Sustainable Indian […]
Atlantic tuna meeting EUROPECHE TUNA GROUP and COMHAFAT get closer to support local seafarers and fisheries On April 12th, representatives of COMHAFAT met with EUROPECHE TUNA GROUP to discuss tropical […]
Tuna purse seine fleets swept up in geopolitical storm. During the Special Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) that took place in Kenya from February 3rd to 5th, […]
Spanish and French scientists debate on tropical tuna fishery’s future with purse seine fleets’ representatives. The Europêche Tuna Group organised on January 19th in Brussels its first meeting between industry […]
Europêche says ICCAT another missed opportunity. Europêche represented the European fishing fleet at the 23rd ordinary meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) which just […]
European tuna fishers express fears over catch rules. ANABAC, OPAGAC and ORTHONGEL, which are organisations representing the European distant-water fleet fishing tropical tunas, have warned EU institutions about the impossibility […]
EU’s control regulation threatens French tuna purse seine fleet with extinction by 2026. The control rule on margin of tolerance is currently incompatible with the conditions and specificities inherent to […]
Mixed bag of results at IOTC, says Europêche. Out of the 9 topics discussed, 4 resolutions were adopted during the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) meeting that took place in […]
Blue Marine Foundation reply against Europêche statement. In a recent article published on the Fish Focus website, which can be found here, Europêche tuna group slammed the report accusing the […]
Europêche appoints new tuna group director. Europêche, the leading trade body representing the fishing industry in Europe, strengthens its team to boost the organisation’s support for sustainable tuna fishing and […]
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