Europêche

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The 28th annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), held in New Cairo, Egypt, ended on 20 November 2023 with the adoption of a total allowable…

22nd November 2023

Europêche: ICCAT makes progress despite Asian opposition

22nd November 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

European fishing industry body Europêche has called upon the International Commission for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to reinforce surveillance, monitoring and control measures to support the better management of tropical tunas.

14th November 2023

Europêche wants more ICCAT bigeye tuna, strengthened management

14th November 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission’s decision to launch an impact assessment that measures the effectiveness and contribution of EU rules against the practice of shark finning whilst also improving data relating to the import and…

7th July 2023

EC praised for shark fin trade stance

7th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Nine resolutions, including one on the protection of bigeye tuna, were adopted by consensus at the 27th session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) which was held in Mauritius 8-12 May 2023, European Union…

15th May 2023

IOTC adopts tuna catch limits, reductions

15th May 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The EU fishing industry is highly disappointed that the Northeast Atlantic coastal states, despite intensified efforts over February and March, again failed to successfully conclude their negotiations on a sharing agreement for…

10th April 2023

NEA mackerel failure saddens EU fishers

10th April 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The new landmark agreement reached by UN members to protect the high seas in areas beyond national jurisdiction has been lauded by EU fishing sector representative body Europêche.

7th March 2023

European fishers welcome high seas treaty

7th March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The tuna purse-seine fishery’s existence in the Indian Ocean is now at stake following the decision taken by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) to phase out drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs),…

9th February 2023

Europêche: Fleets at risk

9th 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

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

European fishing industry trade body Europêche has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Innomar AS, a pioneering company that provides ocean technology for fisheries, aquaculture, ocean data and marine operations. 

11th January 2023

Europêche–Innomar MOU

11th January 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU social partners – the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and EU fishermen’s representative body Europêche – have called on the European Commission to base its decisions impacting the fisheries sector only after properly…

6th December 2022

‘Consider fishers’, EC urged

6th December 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 fishing industry bodies have again called for EU action against Norway and the Faroe Islands after the two Northeast Atlantic coastal states unilaterally set “unacceptable” mackerel quotas.

27th June 2022

Mackerel quota outrage

27th June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Coming after more than 20 years of negotiations, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreement limiting harmful fisheries subsidies has sparked reaction from across the fisheries and seafood sectors.

20th June 2022

WTO subsidies deal reaction

20th June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, has been warned by European fishing leaders that the sharp rise in energy and logistics prices, caused by the invasion of Ukraine, necessitates the…

15th March 2022

Conflict – EU fishers at risk

15th March 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An alliance of fishing organisations, spanning 14 EU countries and representing more than 22,000 fishermen and 8,000 vessels, has met with EU Fisheries Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius to convey the importance of bottom…

20th January 2022

EU fisheries commissioner hears the value of bottom trawling

20th January 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Pelagic Freezer-trawler Association (PFA), which represents the interests of nine European pelagic freezer-trawler companies that fish for human consumption, has appointed Tim Heddema as its new president.

3rd January 2022

Tim Heddema takes up the helm at PFA

3rd January 2022