An interview with Mr. Chris Short, SmartFish Mr Chris Short has more than 30 years of professional experience in the field of Business and Trade Development related to the fisheries sector. He... 09/05/2016
EU Member States that have exceeded their fishing quotas in 2013 will face reduced quotas in 2014 According to a press release by Maria Damanaki, EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, “The 10 EU Member States that declared having e... 03/10/2014
Call on the EU to ban subsidies for high seas fishing The Global Ocean Commission (GOC), an initiative composed of 17 government and business leaders, called for an international governance system for... 07/09/2014
Discard ban implementation raises increasing criticisms A recent study in the scientific magazine Nature highlights that, on its own, the elimination of discards – a key measure agreed in the new EU Comm... 21/07/2014
An international conference analyses the external dimension of the reformed CFP A recent report on the 2-day international conference held at the end of January 2014 in Stockholm discussed the implications of the CFP external d... 22/06/2014
The EU financial instrument for fisheries is finally adopted Putting an end to a 5-year process to reform the CFP, on 16 April 2014 the European Parliament adopted the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EM... 11/05/2014
EU institutions agree on European fisheries aid 2014–2020 After negotiations were suspended last December, the EU Parliament, Council and Commission finally reached an agreement on the European Maritime an... 08/03/2014
Strengthening EU fisheries policy coherence with food security The European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) published a paper on policy coherence and food security. This followed the European C... 02/03/2014
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
More support to small-scale fisheries with new CFP The “trilogue” negotiations for the future EU fisheries subsidies’ instrument – the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) – are ongoing betwe... 08/12/2013