EFCA

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA), in the context of the European Union funded e-FishMed project, has launched an exchange programme to enhance cooperation and to promote sharing of expertise and best practices in the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated…

17th April 2024

New exchange programme to fight IUU fishing in Mediterranean

17th April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

If non-EU countries want to fish in Irish waters, they must face the same control and conservation regime as the Irish fleet. Otherwise all of the fish species they catch may not be recorded which would in turn affect stocks,…

8th November 2023

Call for ban on factory vessels fishing in Irish waters

8th November 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) is chartering three additional patrol vessels for use by fisheries inspectors in European and international waters.

19th January 2023

New EU patrol vessels

19th January 2023

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Spanish tech company Satlink has been chosen by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SwAM) to develop a trial project that will evaluate the potential of electronic monitoring (EM) systems…

26th October 2022

Swedish deal for Satlink

26th October 2022

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The Government of Malta has chosen the vessel monitoring system (VMS) from Spanish technology company Satlink to equip 119 of the vessels in its fishing fleet.

13th October 2022

Malta chooses VMS provider

13th October 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