European Parliament

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The fishing sector has welcomed Parliament’s resolution urging the Commission to deliver overdue legislative reform of EU fisheries policy

18th September 2026

Europêche backs Parliament’s CFP reform call

18th September 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

European lawmakers have escalated Spanish fishing concerns over offshore wind impacts, seeking scrutiny of environmental and fisheries compliance

2nd September 2026

EU probes offshore wind fishing concerns

2nd September 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A powerful coalition of key fisheries and aquaculture organisations has formally launched a joint call for an EU Action Plan on Blue Foods.

8th September 2025

EU coalition demands blue foods action

8th September 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Europêche has welcomed a new European Parliament study addressing labelling concerns around plant-based seafood substitutes.

26th June 2025

Clear labelling needed for ‘seafood’

26th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Members of European Parliament (MEPs) have given their consent to the updated fisheries agreement with Guinea Bissau, granting 41 EU vessels access to the country’s waters for the next five years.

3rd April 2025

Brussels endorses new fisheries protocol with Guinea-Bissau

3rd April 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Ahead of European Council and Parliament discussions on the future of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), EU policymakers have been issued with the call from leading industry bodies to maintain and strengthen…

26th March 2025

Brussels urged to deliver a reinforced, specific fund for fisheries and aquaculture

26th March 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fifty-six EU vessels will be able to fish tuna and related species for the next five years in Cabo Verde’s waters, under an updated fisheries deal approved by European Parliament.

13th February 2025

EU approves new Cabo Verde tuna fishing agreement

13th February 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

With 401 votes in favour, European Parliament elected Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission in a secret ballot. This will be von der Leyen’s second term as Commission…

18th July 2024

Reaction as Ursula von der Leyen re-elected European Commission President

18th July 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Environmental Justice Foundation has joined 75 other organisations to urge the European Parliament to adopt regulation prohibiting products made through forced labour entering the EU market.

22nd April 2024

Brussels urged to adopt forced labour law

22nd April 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

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Comprising anything between 900 and 3,000 vessels catching 3-4 million tonnes of fish, China’s distant water fleets (DWFs) represent serious competition and a challenge for the EU’s own distant-water fishing activities and…

2nd October 2023

Report: EU fishers being undermined by ‘unfair’ Chinese competition

2nd October 2023

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