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SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Twenty multinational projects will receive over €117 million to contribute to the objectives of the EU mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’: protect and restore biodiversity, cut pollution and support a sustainable…

21st February 2023

EU backs blue projects

21st February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

There are many potential paths to achieve the EU’s ambition of reducing the fishing sector’s contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% by 2030 and of becoming climate neutral by 2050,…

3rd February 2023

‘Decarbon EU fleet quicker’

3rd February 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The United States of America has announced its intention to join the High Ambition Coalition on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction, with the EU-launched coalition currently gathering 51 parties. 

30th January 2023

US joins biodiversity treaty

30th January 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU negotiators have reached agreements with Northeast Atlantic coastal states, as well as with the UK and Norway on the shared management of key stocks in 2023, the European Commission has confirmed.

15th December 2022

NEA 2023 catch deal

15th December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Next year’s fishing opportunities for the fish stocks exclusively managed by the EU in the Atlantic Ocean, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, including deepsea stocks for 2023 and 2024, have been agreed by the…

14th December 2022

2023 EU catches adopted

14th December 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

SalMar ASA’s proposed share buyout of NTS ASA and also its merger with Norway Royal Salmon ASA (NRS) have received clearance from the European Commission, with the EU executive finding the deals…

1st November 2022

Salmon merger approval

1st November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission has proposed next year’s catch limits for fish stocks in the EU waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Kattegat and Skagerrak, as well as deepsea stocks for 2023 and 2024,…

1st November 2022

Atlantic quotas proposed

1st November 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

While measures exist to keep illegal fishing in place, it’s still all too easy for illegally fished products to reach European consumers

27th October 2022

Slipping through the net

27th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission has come under fire from the European Peoples’ Party (EPP) Group in the European Parliament for its plan to close 87 fishing areas to all bottom fishing gears below…

21st October 2022

Trawl fishers ‘endangered’

21st October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Council of the European Union has reached an agreement on the fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2023.

18th October 2022

Baltic Sea quotas agreed

18th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission has confirmed that its proposal for fishing opportunities for 2023 for the Mediterranean and Black Sea has now been adopted, advising that the move promotes the sustainable management of…

17th October 2022

Med, Black Sea 2023 quotas

17th October 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Following its annual general assembly, the Aquaculture Advisory Council (AAC) has confirmed that its members chose Brian Thomsen as the organisation’s chair for the next three years. 

23rd September 2022

All change at AAC

23rd September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Association of National Organizations of Fishing Enterprises in the EU (Europêche) insists that Europe’s control rule on margin of tolerance is incompatible with fishing operations in the tropical tuna purse seine fishery.

15th July 2022

EU tuna fleet threatened

15th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee has approved financial support for the EU’s fisheries and the aquaculture sectors in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

22nd June 2022

War support approved

22nd June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The lack of flexibility and the complexity of the EU’s current Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) are preventing the fishing sector from adapting to the challenges to come, the European Association of Fish…

15th June 2022

Brussels told CFP is too ‘inflexible’

15th June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine could put a €300 million hole in the EU-27 fishing fleet’s profits this year, the European Commission has warned.

8th June 2022

Ukraine war hits EU fishers

8th June 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Six producers and sellers of Norwegian salmon, alongside some of their subsidiaries, have reached a US$ 85 million settlement in a class action in the United States over claims of anti-competitive behaviour.

26th May 2022

$85m salmon settlement

26th May 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Forty-four commitments to protect the ocean valued at close to €1 billion have been announced by the EU for the period 2020-2022 at the seventh Our Ocean Conference (OOC) in Palau.

20th April 2022

€1bn ocean protection

20th April 2022

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

A fifth round of sanctions against Russia has been proposed by the European Commission in response to the invasion of Ukraine and allegations of war crimes, with the new sanctions’ six pillars…

5th April 2022

More Russia sanctions

5th April 2022

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

New crisis measures to support the fishery and aquaculture sectors in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been introduced by the European Commission.

30th March 2022

EU activates crisis measures

30th March 2022