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Europêche welcomes Lithuanian Long Distance Fisheries Association as new member. Europêche, the leading representative body for the fishing industry in the European Union, is delighted to announce the addition of the […]
EU Sea Fisheries Social Partners: Advancing social sustainability: Statement by Europêche. As we finalise the deliverables of the “Pillars of the Sea 3” project, we are pleased to present our […]
Europêche calls on von der Leyen to ensure political neutrality during interim fisheries period. Europêche, the leading trade body representing the fishing industry in Europe, has formally requested Commission President Ursula […]
Europêche welcomes von der Leyen’s announcement of a full-time fisheries Commissioner. With the European elections approaching, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced her commitment to appointing a full-time […]
Green to Blue Conference on Empowering Sentinels of the Sea for Sustainable Futures. The ‘GREEN TO BLUE: Upskilling for Sustainable Futures in Fisheries & Aquaculture’ Conference, held on April 10th, emerged […]
Europêche welcomes EU deal to ban products made with forced labour. Approximately 27.6 million people are enduring forced labour conditions across numerous industries and on every continent. In order to […]
Once again India blocks WTO fish subsidies agreement. After four days of intense negotiations, which were extended for an additional day, the 166-member World Trade Organisation (WTO) failed to achieve […]
Europêche meets Member States to prepare for next legislative term. Europêche shared the frustration voiced by farmers regarding imbalanced and unworkable EU policies strangling fishing companies across the EU Europêche […]
European fishing industry criticises ‘urgent’ closure of Bay of Biscay by French authority and calls for fair treatment and compensation. After a decision by the French court to close fishing […]
Europêche reaction to CJEU Preliminary ruling on TACs above ‘ICES zero-catch advice.’ Europêche expresses its satisfaction with the recent court decision, as it aligns with the longstanding position advocated by the […]
UNCTAD confirms EU fishing fleet remarkable 52% reduction in GHG emission. A recent study produced by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD, provides a first global mapping of […]
Europêche supports strengthening ICCAT’s surveillance, monitoring and control measures for a better management of tropical tunas. The International Commission for the conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) is holding its 24th extraordinary […]
Europêche disappointed at political agreement on Nature Restoration Law. Europêche, the representative body for the European fishing industry, strongly criticises the agreement reached by the Council and the European Parliament on […]
Europêche calls for a Commissioner exclusively devoted to Fisheries. The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) organised a conference on Monday, on ‘EU food sovereignty: the role of agriculture, fisheries […]
Europêche calls for a level playing field at EU-China Blue Forum. The Chinese Ministry of natural resources and the European Commission organised last Saturday in Shenzhen (China) the second Ocean Forum under the EU-China […]
Tariff duty derogations must be granted solely to imported fishery products that meet sustainability criteria. The Commission will soon propose a regulation setting autonomous tariff quotas (ATQs) for certain fishery products […]
Europêche welcomes EC’s stance against shark finning. The European Commission has published its Communication in response to the citizens’ initiative entitled ‘Stop Finning — Stop the trade’. The campaign aims […]
Europêche leads global efforts to decarbonise the fishing sector Europêche, the leading representative body of the European fishing industry, presented its vision to achieve the target of zero emissions in […]
United call for rejection of unrealistic legislation that endangers farmers and fishers in the EU. As part of its Biodiversity strategy, the European Commission proposed last year its flagship Nature […]
European demersal fishers protest against EC ban proposal. During the past week, fishers across Europe protested against the EU policies that are putting the future of the sector at risk. […]
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