European Union

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) wrapped up its 2025 annual meeting with a decision to substantially raise the total allowable catch (TAC) for bluefin tuna.

1st December 2025

ICCAT boosts EU bluefin tuna quota

1st December 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission has centred its updated 2026 fishing opportunities in the Mediterranean and Black Sea on keeping recovering stocks on a sustainable path while limiting disruption for coastal fleets.

27th November 2025

Brussels adjusts Med and Black Seas quotas

27th November 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Five new research projects backed by the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) have begun work on sharpening the scientific basis of EU fisheries management.

26th November 2025

EU funds five new fisheries studies

26th November 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Scottish salmon has secured protected legal status across the European Union, with the official protected geographical indication (PGI) giving European consumers confidence they are eating salmon from Scotland – recognised as a…

25th November 2025

Scottish salmon secures EU protected status

25th November 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

European Union markets imported 332,097 tonnes of shrimp from third-country producers in the first nine months of 2025, with the total representing a 18% increase on the corresponding period of last year,…

20th November 2025

EU shrimp imports on track for bumper year

20th November 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

European fishing industry body Europêche has welcomed the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2025/1444, setting strict brine-freezing conditions for tuna purse seiners, saying it “rightly recognises and values” the high sanitary and technological…

13th November 2025

New EU freezing-in-brine regulation scores industry praise

13th November 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is warning UK seafood exporters to urgently review the EU’s expanded definition of processing, with new documentation rules taking effect from 10 January 2026.

10th November 2025

UK-caught fish facing new trade rules

10th November 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The European Union has introduced new fishing rules to protect the Dogger Bank, an emblematic Natura 2000 site in the waters of Germany and the Netherlands.

4th November 2025

EU takes action to protect Dogger Bank sealife

4th November 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Union’s failure to properly enforce its own fishing regulations is allowing seafood linked to illegal fishing, environmental destruction and human rights abuses to enter the market, according to a new…

30th October 2025

European Union failing to stop illegal seafood, warns IUU Fishing Coalition

30th October 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

As coastal states convene to discuss quotas, the EU fishing industry is urging all parties to agree on a long-overdue comprehensive sharing arrangement for mackerel stock.

16th October 2025

EU fishers challenge mackerel boycotts

16th October 2025