News
June 26, 2014
Is it time to end overfishing?
The European Commission has published its annual Communication on Fishing Opportunities, announcing their initial plans for next year´s fishing quotas in the EU. The Communication revealed an alarming sate of fish stocks in European Waters.
June 25, 2014
New booklet: Facts and figures on the CFP
Facts and figures on the Common Fisheries Policy is based on basic statistical data, describing the fisheries and aquaculture sector in figures.
June 23, 2014
Smart Gear project for the Baltic Sea
WWF together with partners launches the “Baltic Smart Gear” project aimed to improve selectivity of fishing gears within the Baltic Sea.
June 19, 2014
Landing obligation discussed by Council
When EU Fisheries Ministers met in Brussels earlier this week, a gradual introduction of the so-called omnibus regulation from 1 January 2015 was confirmed, despite continued disagreement on some key issues. Ministers also exchanged views regarding progress on the regional discard ban plans.
June 19, 2014
Dummy guide to ICES fish stock assessment
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has released a new short guide to fish stock assessment.
June 16, 2014
European Maritime and Fisheries Fund breakdown by Member State published
Following the recent adoption of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund the European Commission has as of last week, set out the breakdown of the fund by priority and Member State.
June 13, 2014
Agenda for Fisheries Council 17th June
Next week the Agriculture and Fisheries Council will meet in Luxembourg. On the fisheries agenda are among other the Omnibus regulation, discard plan as well as the establishment of a 2014 TAC for Capelin.
June 9, 2014
Europêche has appointed a new managing Director
As of last week, Europêche, the Association of National Organisations of Fishing Enterprises in the European Union, will be lead by Kathryn Stack appointed as new Managing Director.
June 3, 2014
Stakeholders consulted on draft discard ban plans
Several of the regional bodies bringing Member States together under the new CFP are now in the last stages of preparing joint recommendations on discard ban plans for 2015, and stakeholders in the Advisory Councils are being consulted.
May 30, 2014
ICES advice: Baltic cod in dire straits again
The scientific advice for Baltic Sea stocks was released earlier today. Because of the gradually deteriorating condition of cod in the Baltic, the eastern stock is now classified as data-limited and severe cuts in fishing possibilities are proposed for both cod stocks.