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SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The overall sustainability of EU fisheries is continuing to improve with more fish stocks being fished at sustainable levels, according to the European Commission. But it added that with climate change also…

10th June 2025

EU fish populations show signs of recovery

10th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

European fishing industry body Europêche has welcomed the new EU Ocean Pact, presented by the European Commission, saying it is encouraged by the recognition of the essential role of fisheries within the…

9th June 2025

Europêche: EU Ocean Pact charts a new course for fisheries

9th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The new EU Ocean Pact unveiled by the European Commission to better align marine policy with science, innovation, environmental responsibility and food security has been lauded by the European Bottom Fisheries Alliance…

9th June 2025

EU Ocean Pact is a blueprint for the future of bottom fisheries, says EBFA

9th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The European Commission has confirmed the adoption of a new European Ocean Pact, which it bills as a comprehensive strategy to better protect the ocean, promote a thriving blue economy and support…

6th June 2025

Brussels adopts European Ocean Pact

6th June 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The European Union’s so-called “blue economy” generated an estimated €263 billion in gross value added in 2023, representing 1.7% of the total EU gross value added, finds the European Commission’s newly-published 2025…

28th May 2025

Europeans spending more on seafood, bloc’s reliance on imports increases

28th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission has deducted over 3,000 salmon from Finland’s 2025 fishing quota after uncovering unauthorised commercial fishing disguised as scientific research in the Baltic Sea last year.

7th May 2025

Brussels penalises Finland salmon breach

7th May 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The European Commission’s new public consultation on the import of fishery products under the EU Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) Regulationpresents a unique opportunity to transform the duty-free regime and align it with…

24th April 2025

Europêche: Sustainability-based tariffs could level the playing field

24th April 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

While aquaculture is widely recognised as being crucial to global food security, the recent Blue Food Innovation Summit heard the industry needs to do much more to ensure it can meet the…

16th April 2025

UN: Global food security requires ‘silicon fjord’ innovation to trickle down to all aquaculture

16th April 2025

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Recognising that while aquaculture production is on the rise worldwide, in the EU it hasn’t grown since 2018, the European Commission has initiated a new Union-wide campaign to raise awareness and change…

2nd April 2025

Pro-aquaculture campaign launched across Europe

2nd April 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, Costas Kadis, has launched the first Fisheries and Ocean Dialogue, marking a pivotal moment in shaping the European Ocean Pact.

24th February 2025

Brussels begins ocean policy dialogue

24th February 2025