Mediterranean

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission has adopted its proposal for 2026 fishing opportunities in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, aiming to promote sustainable fisheries management and uphold commitments made under the MedFish4Ever and Sofia…

24th September 2025

Brussels proposes Med and Black Seas limits

24th September 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Juvenile hake is being widely sold in Italian ports, violating EU laws and threatening the recovery of this key Mediterranean fish species, reveals a new report.

25th June 2025

Illegal hake sales threaten Mediterranean

25th June 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Sustainable aquaculture in the Mediterranean has been given a boost with the inauguration of the Mediterranean Marine Finfish Aquaculture Demonstration Centre (MMF-ADC) in Crete.

23rd June 2025

Crete launches Mediterranean aquaculture centre

23rd June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Oceana has welcomed the European Commission’s latest report on sustainable fishing, celebrating a record number of fish stocks now being fished at sustainable levels across EU waters.

11th June 2025

Oceana hails EU fishing progress

11th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The overall sustainability of EU fisheries is continuing to improve with more fish stocks being fished at sustainable levels, according to the European Commission. But it added that with climate change also…

10th June 2025

EU fish populations show signs of recovery

10th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

As the third United Nations Ocean Conference begins in Nice, leading marine scientists are urging governments to deliver on long-standing commitments to protect deep-sea ecosystems, especially seamounts, from destructive bottom trawling.

6th June 2025

Scientists demand end to bottom trawling

6th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A world champion freediver is calling on France to permanently close bottom fishing in the Gulf of Lion Fisheries Restricted Area (FRA) to protect the most vulnerable ecosystems of the Mediterranean.

5th June 2025

Diver demands protection for Mediterranean

5th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The permanent phase of the European Commission’s Multiannual Plan (MAP) for the western Mediterranean will officially begin on 1 January 2025, following an agreement by fisheries ministers to continue reducing fishing effort…

12th December 2024

Brussels agrees western Med plan for 2025

12th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

European fisheries social partners European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), Europêche and COGECA have jointly adopted a resolution urgently addressing the critical state of the Mediterranean fisheries. 

14th November 2024

Social partners call for urgent protection of Med fishing communities

14th November 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Environmental NGOs BLOOM and ClientEarth are taking legal action against the French government for failing to comply with EU conservation laws that ban trawling in marine protected areas (MPA) in the Mediterranean.

30th September 2024

NGOs sue France over MPA failures

30th September 2024