The European Commission has today strengthened its commitment to sustainable fishing by issuing a new set of guidelines to help Member States strike the balance between fishing capacity and fishing opportunities.
A new study is on-line
A new study is on-line
The European Commission has published its annual consultation paper on the state of fish stocks and the preparation for setting next years' fish quotas.
Fish stocks in the North and West of Europe are recovering, but there are still serious problems of overfishing in the Mediterranean Sea.
"It is with great pleasure that I am announcing today that the EU and the Faroe Islands have agreed at political level to end their “herring dispute”.
The European Commission and the Faroe Islands have reached a political understanding to end their dispute on the management of Atlanto-Scandian herring in the North-East Atlantic.
The European Commission wants to prohibit the use of any kind of driftnets for fishing in all EU waters as of 1 January 2015.
The European Commission's annual report on the European fishing fleet shows some progress towards achieving a balance between capacity and available fishing opportunities.
A new report is on-line
Speech by Maria Damanaki, European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, at the Conference on Fishing Capacity, Thessaloniki, Greece
The Annual Economic Reports (AER) on the fishing fleet, aquaculture and fish processing sectors provide a comprehensive overview of the structure and economic performance of the EU fisheries sector and highlight key trends, based on data obtained from the latest DCF data calls, Eurostat and the EU fishing fleet register.
The recent agreement of the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) cements the obligation to land all catches into EU law.
The Member States around the Baltic Sea basin have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding underlining their joint commitment to making the best use of the possibilities presented by the new CFP's promotion of regionalisation.
The Commission takes note of today's vote by the European Parliament on its proposal regulating fishing for deep-sea species in the North-East Atlantic.
We are witnessing big improvements in EU fish stocks in the North-east Atlantic whilst Mediterranean stocks are under worsening threat. This was the assessment presented by experts at the European Commission's annual “State of Fish Stocks in European waters” seminar on the 17th September in Brussels.
The European fishing sector, NGOs, national administrations, EU institutions and interested members of the public are invited to participate in a seminar on the current state of European fish stocks and on corresponding appropriate management measures.
The European Commission has tabled its proposal on fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2014.
The European Commission has adopted a package of measures to address the continued unsustainable fishing of herring by the Faroe Islands. The measures include the ban of imports of herring and mackerel from the Atlanto-Scandian stocks that has been caught under the control of the Faroe Islands as well as fishery products containing or made of such fish.
