News
April 23, 2020
Baltic Sea Advisory Council calls for the creation of a taskforce to work on the recovery of the collapsed eastern Baltic cod
The Baltic Sea Advisory Council (BSAC), a publicly funded body providing advice on fisheries to the European Commission, has made a statement concerning the need for responsible fisheries management and the negative situation for eastern Baltic cod. The cod fishery has been closed since July 2019 and due to slow population recovery will likely remain so for several years to come.
April 17, 2020
European Council approves position for financial assistance in response to COVID-19
On 14 April the Council approved a series of proposals amending the EMFF subsidy package, allowing for increased financial assistance for EU fishermen.
April 4, 2020
BALTFISH proposes subsidy package in response to COVID-19
Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic BALTFISH has developed a common set of proposals that will increase the funds available to the fisheries and aquaculture sector. These measures are in addition to and compliment the European Commission proposals making further EU support available to the industry from 2 April.
March 10, 2020
FishSec receives funding for work on European eel
The Waterloo Foundation has awarded the Fisheries Secretariat two years of funding for advocacy work in order to strengthen the management and conservation of European eel, and ultimately aid its recovery.
March 3, 2020
Help us improve European fisheries policy
The Fisheries Secretariat, FishSec, is recruiting an Acting Director to lead our secretariat of 2–3 staff. The position is a fulltime temporary post during 2020, based in our office in Gamla stan (Old Town) Stockholm.
December 18, 2019
Atlantic and North Sea Fishing Opportunities 2020 – Council agreement
Council agreement and other related statements and commentary. The press release and table of the Council agreement on fishing opportunities in the Atlantic and North Sea are on the EU Council website. The Council has also agreed to a 10% reduction of fishing effort for demersal species in the Mediterranean Sea. Quotas for sprat and … Continued
November 25, 2019
It’s there for a reason: Why Ministers must not exceed scientific advice on fishing quota
In a briefing by Griffin Carpenter of the New Economics Foundation the reasons and benefits for Ministers not exceeding scientific advice are laid out and provide a timely reminder ahead of the December Council meeting at which quotas for the Northeast Atlantic and North Sea will be set.
November 20, 2019
Meeting between NGOs and Finnish EU Presidency officials re December Council
The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation and the Fisheries Secretariat invited the European campaign directors of The Pew Trusts (Mr Andrew Clayton) and Oceana (Mr Javier Lopez) to come to Helsinki to meet with Mr Risto Lampinen the Director of Fisheries and with Mr Teppo Säkkinen special advisor to Minister Leppä to discuss their concerns about overfishing in the North East Atlantic and North Sea and the total fish catch levels which are due to be decided in the EU Council of Ministers meeting in Brussels on 16-17 December 2019.
November 15, 2019
Sweden wants to tighten fisheries controls
The control of fishing should be improved and made more effective, according to the Swedish government. They have now instructed the Coast Guard and the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SWAM) to investigate how.
November 15, 2019
Joint NGO priorities on the revision of the EU Fisheries Control System
A broad coalition of NGOs have together drawn up a series of recommendations based on the EU Commission proposal for the revision of the Fisheries Control System, this includes both an analysis of the proposal as well as a detailed 12 point plan for reform.