Executive Brief Update 2013: Tuna sector: Issues and challenges 1. Background and key issuesThe EU is the largest world market for tuna products, which are sold ma... 16/12/2013
Executive Brief Update 2013: ACP–EU fisheries: Market access and trade 1. Background and key issuesThere is a growing focus in the ACP on enhancing the contribution of th... 16/12/2013
Executive Brief Update 2013: EU Common Fisheries Policy and Fisheries Partnership Agreements – Challenges for ACP countries 1. Background and key issuesThe Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) governs the activities of EU fishing... 15/12/2013
Executive Brief Update 2013: WTO and other international aspects of ACP–EU fisheries relations 1. Background and key issuesWTO rules applying to international fish trade and treaties, as well as... 15/12/2013
Seychelles first ACP country to ratify UN port state measures agreement against IUU The government of the Seychelles has formally ratified the FAO Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), adopted in 2009 and which is a key internation... 19/08/2013
Civil society organisations comment on access conditions for EU fleets fishing outside FPAs Within the context of CFP reform, EU NGOs insisted on the need for the EU to ensure that all its external fleets – including those fishing outside... 19/08/2013
Rising canned tuna price prompted EU importers to look for cheaper ACP products The latest Globefish report on canned tuna shows that prices have increased last year, as the supply of raw material has been lower than current de... 22/07/2013
EU institutions prepare their trilogue on fish products market access conditions The European institutions – Parliament, Council and Commission – are preparing their informal trilogue, to find an agreement for a reformed common... 07/04/2013
Discard ban adopted by the Fisheries Council of Ministers At the end of February, the Fisheries Council – co-legislator for the Common Fisheries Policy reform – adopted its final general approach on the pr... 25/03/2013
European Parliament Fisheries Committee takes a strong position on the future external policy At its December meeting, the European Parliament Fisheries Committee adopted its report on the EC proposal for a ‘basic regulation’ on the future C... 24/02/2013