New EU freezing-in-brine regulation scores industry praise

European fishing industry body Europêche has welcomed the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2025/1444, setting strict brine-freezing conditions for tuna purse seiners, saying it “rightly recognises and values” the high sanitary and technological standards already applied by the European tropical tuna purse seine fleet.

Europêche welcomes new EU freezing-in-brine regulation

European fishing industry body Europêche has welcomed the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2025/1444, setting strict brine-freezing conditions for tuna purse seiners, saying it “rightly recognises and values” the high sanitary and technological standards already applied by the European tropical tuna purse seine fleet.