Fisheries Committee calls for end to overfishing and discards At its session in December 2012, the European Parliament Fisheries Committee voted on the report for the future basic regulation governing the Comm... 31/01/2013
‘In setting quotas too high, EU Fisheries ministers allowed legalised overfishing’, says WWF Prior to a key vote in the European Parliament on the future Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), and the setting up of quotas for 2013 by the Council, t... 31/01/2013
A UN report on fisheries and the ‘right to food’ looks at fishing agreements At the end of October 2012, a report was presented by the special rapporteur on the right to food at the United Nations General Assembly meeting on... 04/01/2013
European Parliament Fisheries Committee to vote on the CFP Basic Regulation In December 2012, the European Parliament Fisheries Committee was to vote on the future CFP Basic Regulation. More than 100 consolidated amendments... 30/12/2012
European Parliament wants fishing investments in third countries to be covered by the future CFP At its November 2012 plenary session, the European Parliament voted by an overwhelming majority (94%) in support of a resolution on the external di... 30/12/2012
The tuna sector pushes for a trade agreement between Ecuador and the EU The EU tuna-canning sector supports the rapid signing of a trade agreement between the EU and Ecuador, the leading supplier of tuna loins to the EU... 16/12/2012
Spanish processors are to examine labour conditions of tuna imports The Spanish association of fish processors, ANFACO, has clarified that, although they will not stop importing tuna from the Philippines, they will... 16/12/2012
Several ACP states are warned over lack of cooperation against IUU fishing The EU – the world's biggest fish importer – has warned eight countries, including four ACP countries (Belize, Fiji, Guinea and Togo) that they ris... 16/12/2012
Shark finning on board vessels should be totally banned, says European Parliament Fisheries Committee Shark finning is the practice of cutting off shark fins, often while they are still alive, and then throwing the fish back into the sea to die. Alt... 02/12/2012
Regional cooperation, stakeholder’s consultation, and innovation: key elements of the future CFP In her speech at a symposium in the Netherlands, the EC Fisheries Commissioner highlighted that, ‘in 2009 we had only five stocks fished at Maximum... 02/12/2012