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 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. […]
Member States and fishing industry meet to discuss the fisheries package. One month after the publication of the European Commission ‘Action Plan: Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and […]
Europêche welcomes new Treaty for High Seas. After an exhausting 40-hour session capping two weeks of negotiations at the UN headquarters in New York, the United Nations (UN) member states […]
Missed opportunity to overhaul the Common Fisheries Policy. The EU needs to use the right tool for every job, says fishing group, Europêche. A statement from the organisation said: “Reformed […]
Steps to ensure no fish products made with forced labour on the EU market. Globally, an estimated 27.6 million people are in forced labour, in many industries and in every […]
Oceana report on fisheries decarbonisation misses the mark. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fishing are down by 48 % compared to ‘90s levels. Europêche warns about the consequences for consumers […]
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 explores new ways of enhancing sustainable fishing. Europêche, the leading trade body representing the fishing industry in Europe, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Innomar AS, a […]
Europêche promotes social dialogue, health and safety in Southeast Asia. ‘A fisher’s life, a fisher’s future’ has been the motto of the international conference organised by the Fishing Industry Safety […]
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 […]
Conflict of interest claim in tuna fishing sector. BLOOM and ANTICOR warn of a case of public-private transfer that causes a clear conflict of interest in the tuna fishing sector. […]