News
May 16, 2011
2011 European Maritime Day: Fish have a voice in Gdańsk
Polish members of the OCEAN2012 coalition are gearing up for a street performance “The story of the Golden Fish”, which will take place on May 20th during the European Maritime Day celebrations in Gdańsk, Poland.
April 14, 2011
Aquaculture of “great importance” in new CFP
The upcoming CFP reform will include organisational and funding upgrades that emphasise the growing role of aquaculture, Commissioner Maria Damanaki said after the fisheries ministers’ April Council meeting.
April 14, 2011
Desert caviar a pricey first
Very far from its classic haunts in the Caspian Sea, sturgeon for exclusive caviar productions is now bred in – the Abu Dhabi desert.
April 13, 2011
Possibly spring for aqua-bred tuna
With the Atlantic bluefin tuna hovering on the brink of extinction, an Australian company reports promising progress in a program to produce aquaculture-bred Southern Bluefin Tuna.
April 13, 2011
We want green fish, EU consumers say
An overwhelming majority of European consumers – in southern Europe more than 90 percent – want to see more sustainably caught products in the fish counters, a recent WWF poll shows.
April 13, 2011
April Council goes West
The Fisheries ministers’ 14 April Council meeting will include a first discussion of a new regime for the Western Waters, a huge part of the area the Union controls.
April 12, 2011
New control rules finally in place, and working
With the rules now having been adopted for how the 2010 Control Regulation is to be enforced, getting away with fishing illegally will get much more difficult, the EU Commission says.
April 8, 2011
Sweden goes for prolonged dioxin exemption
Sweden will continue to utilise an exemption from EU rules on the dioxin content in fat fish from the Baltic Sea, the responsible minister announced.
April 7, 2011
Stalemate on subsidies in WTO talks
With only a few weeks remaining until a draft agreement is expected, the chair of the WTO negotiating group dealing with subsidies said he needed a period for “reflections”, while nations describing themselves as “friends of the fish” called for ambitious rules limiting fisheries subsidies.
April 7, 2011
Bad deal EU-Morocco
The controversial EU-Morocco fisheries deal, prolonged by the Council last February against the will of Commissioner Maria Damanaki and key MEPs, is not only questionable on human rights grounds – it’s a bad deal financially as well, according to a media report.