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FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The International Commission for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) is being urged to adopt stronger tuna conservation measures, bolster compliance and also clarify regulations for fish aggregating devices (FADs) at its next…

9th November 2023

ISSF calls for stronger tuna management from ICCAT

9th November 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

With officials from Mediterranean countries gathering for the latest General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) annual session in Croatia (6-10 November 2023), NGOs are urging the adoption of a system of…

6th November 2023

Call for increased Med fisheries conservation

6th November 2023

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

While forecasting that global fisheries and aquaculture production will grow 12% over the 10-year period through to 2032 to reach 202 million tonnes, with the total volume produced for human consumption expected…

30th August 2023

Future fish production – a risky business?

30th August 2023

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

On 5 March 2023, after around 36 hours of intense negotiations in New York, a breakthrough deal to protect international waters and their marine life from a multitude of activities was agreed…

25th May 2023

High seas uncertainty

25th May 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

With the timings for ratification and implementation of the new United Nations’ High Seas Treaty yet to be set, fisheries governance pressure group Accountability.Fish is calling for urgent action to open up the deliberations of international…

21st March 2023

Accountability.Fish warns of high seas exploitation

21st March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Although UN members have agreed to protect high seas’ marine life through the new international treaty, fisheries governance pressure group Accountability.Fish is calling for immediate action to make existing international fisheries governance…

8th March 2023

Fisheries governance ‘still needs reform’

8th March 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

Seafood company Thai Union Group PLC and global conservation organisation The Nature Conservancy (TNC), have released the inaugural progress report on their partnership on a commitment to improve on-the-water transparency in global tuna…

16th January 2023

Tuna transparency measure

16th January 2023

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

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Close to 2.5 million tonnes of tuna is being caught annually that’s certified to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable fishing, according to new data published by the international non-profit…

14th October 2022

MSC tuna tops 2.4m tonnes

14th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A landmark agreement that limits harmful fisheries subsidies has been agreed by the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

20th June 2022

Fishery subsidy crackdown

20th June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Union has officially become a member of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC), the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG Mare) has confirmed.

4th April 2022

EU joins NPFC

4th April 2022