European Commission

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

AIPCE-CEP, EAPO, Europêche and FEAP, representing the EU’s fisheries and aquaculture industries, announced their intent to form a strategic alliance aimed at advancing shared goals and promoting critical industry priorities on a broader stage…

26th April 2024

New seafood alliance launched for Europe

26th April 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The European Commission has introduced a digital tool to help combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

18th April 2024

EC launches digital tool to help fight IUU fishing

18th April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission is inviting companies to build the fishing vessel of the future.

21st February 2024

EU call for fishing vessel of the future

21st February 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The fishing industry is urging EU member states to call out Norway for its ‘disloyal attitude’ towards EU fishing rights.

14th February 2024

EU fishers slam Norway’s ‘disloyalty’

14th February 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The 12th annual meeting of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) concluded on 2 February 2024 with a consensual agreement on a new allocation for Chilean jack mackerel.

8th February 2024

EU secures more Chilean jack mackerel

8th February 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Having received a Statement of Objections from the European Commission as a result of its inspections in February 2019, Mowi is contesting the Commission’s preliminary view that it breached EU antitrust rules…

26th January 2024

Mowi refutes competition rules wrongdoing

26th January 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The European Commission has informed Norwegian salmon producers Cermaq, Grieg Seafood, Bremnes, Lerøy, Mowi and SalMar of its preliminary view that they breached EU antitrust rules by colluding to distort competition in…

25th January 2024

Brussels sends Statement of Objections to six salmon farming companies involved in cartel case

25th January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

European fishers are ‘astonished’ at France’s unilateral decision to close the Bay of Biscay to fishing for a month, and are urging the European Commission to act

25th January 2024

Fishers slam Bay of Biscay closure

25th January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Parliament and Commission are at odds over plans to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas.

19th January 2024

MEPs slam Brussels bottom trawler ban

19th January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New rules that modernise the way fishing activities are controlled in the European Union have been introduced, covering EU vessels and non-EU vessels fishing in Union waters.

10th January 2024

Tighter EU fisheries control rules enter into force

10th January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

This year’s negotiations on fishing catch limits between the EU and UK concluded with a significant number of fish populations again put at risk of overfishing and collapse, including key species such…

11th December 2023

Oceana: EU, UK fishing deal puts stocks at risk

11th December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK fishing industry will have access to 420,000 tonnes of fishing opportunities worth up to GBP 700 million after agreements were reached with the EU and Norway, UK government has confirmed.

11th December 2023

UK secures £970m worth of fishing

11th December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The EU has successfully concluded agreements with the UK and Norway, and bilaterally with Norway, for fishing opportunities for next year.

11th December 2023

2024 fishing deals agreed by EU, UK and Norway

11th December 2023

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Although the framework for promoting the sustainable development of aquaculture in EU member states has improved, the substantially increased funding has not yielded tangible results. In fact, production seems to be at…

27th November 2023

European Court of Auditors: EU aquaculture ‘stagnating’

27th November 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A proposal for the catch limits for 18 fish stocks in the EU waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Kattegat and Skagerrak in 2024 has been put forward by the European Commission, with the…

26th October 2023

Fishing limits proposed for Atlantic, Kattegat and Skagerrak

26th October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Council of the European Union has reached an agreement on the fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2024, following the European Commission’s proposal  made in August this year. 

24th October 2023

Agreement reached on Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2024

24th October 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The European Commission has identified the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago as a non-cooperating country in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and given it a so-called “red card” whereby all of its wild-caught…

26th September 2023

Trinidad and Tobago red-carded for illegal fish failings

26th September 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Biorefinery specialist Biomega has appointed Åse-Lill Helgesen as its new product manager to oversee its flagship salmon products in human nutrition, pet food and aquaculture across its facilities in Skaganeset, Norway, and…

31st August 2023

Biomega appoints new product manager

31st August 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission is seeking to pull Baltic Sea fisheries out of their ’dire situation’ with the announcement of its first TACS and quotas for 2024.

29th August 2023

Commission looks to pull Baltic fisheries out of ‘dire’ straits

29th August 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The EU-UK Specialised Committee on Fisheries (SCF) has reached three agreements for better fisheries management between the European Union and the United Kingdom, the European Commission has confirmed.

9th August 2023

EU, UK make three agreements on fisheries management

9th August 2023