Eight EU member states call for scrapping aid to be maintained Eight countries, led by Spain and France, who were already making this request last year, have sent a joint letter to the EC Commissioner and the C... 27/08/2012
EC announces cuts in fishing quotas for 2012 The EC has announced that fishing quotas for 2012 will be further reduced for those member states that exceeded their quotas in recent years: the r... 27/08/2012
Retailer must stop putting misleading information on fish products The French NGO Bloom has filed suit against the retail giant Intermarché for misleading consumers by putting information on its fisheries products... 13/08/2012
Draft report on CFP reform is published by the European Parliament The European Parliament’s rapporteur on the CFP basic regulation – the most important legislative text governing the CFP – has finalised her draft... 10/06/2012
The fishing sector gives its priorities for fisheries subsidies At a public hearing organised in the European Parliament on 'The new European Maritime and Fisheries Fund in the context of the Common Fisheries Po... 09/04/2012
Approach to the discards ban is discussed by the Fisheries Council One of the issues most debated in the CFP reform debate is the issue of the discard ban, particularly the obligation to land all catches, and the i... 09/04/2012
EU member states should take more responsibility for their fleets An interview with MEP Isabella Lövin MEP Isabella Lövin is a member of the European Parliament Fisheries and Development Committees. She is also a member of the ACP–EU Joint Par... 25/02/2012
European Parliament to discuss future organisation of EU fish markets The European Parliament rapporteur on the EC proposal for a regulation on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture product... 19/02/2012
European fisheries ministers comment on the external dimension of CFP reform The external dimension of the common fisheries policy (CFP) has been set out in a communication from the EC, published in July 2011 as part of the... 19/01/2012
The external dimension of the new CFP is an 'intrinsic part of the reform' In a speech on the external dimension of the new CFP to the Council of European Fisheries Ministers in November 2011, the European Commissioner for... 19/01/2012