DG Mare

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A new system introducing a digital catch certificate for all fishery products entering the European Union came into force on 10 January 2026, with the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries saying it will support global efforts to tackle illegal, unreported…

13th January 2026

EU’s new digital certification system to tackle illegal fishing comes into effect

13th January 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Europêche is calling on the European Commission to more fully integrate fisheries into the EU’s trade agenda, warning that current negotiations risk undermining the competitiveness and long-term viability of the bloc’s fleet if sustainability and social standards are not upheld.

19th November 2025

Europêche presses EU to put fisheries at the core of trade policy

19th November 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Europe’s mussel and oyster farmers are calling on the European Union to give shellfish aquaculture a central role in the bloc’s sustainable food strategy, warning that the sector’s potential to deliver climate-positive…

21st October 2025

Shellfish farming must take its rightful place in EU food policy, MEPs tell Brussels

21st October 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Despite natural fluctuations, fishers, divers and scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about unexplained structural decline of European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) in the Netherlands’ Eastern Scheldt lobster fishery. It has also been determined…

9th August 2024

LobStAR launched to get a grip on declining Dutch stocks

9th August 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Union is ready to exchange fisheries control data using a new common global standard recognised by the United Nations, the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) has confirmed.

18th September 2023

EU approves standard to share fisheries data

18th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission’s failure to reach agreements on reducing yellowfin and skipjack tuna catches and to adopt a new management measure for drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) has disappointed the…

26th May 2022

IOTC’s ‘missed opportunity’

26th May 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Administrative Board of the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) has elected Fabrizio Donatella, Director of Fisheries Policy Atlantic, North Sea, Baltic and Outermost Regions at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime…

8th April 2022

New fisheries control chief

8th April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Union has officially become a member of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC), the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG Mare) has confirmed.

4th April 2022

EU joins NPFC

4th April 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Globally, a lot of excitement is being generated by recirculating aquaculture systems – or RAS – as a means of fish and food production, with countless new facilities now in production or…

10th February 2022

Shifting aquaculture’s currency to green

10th February 2022