Addressing challenges of fish feed supply The latest Globefish report on fishmeal and fish oil highlights that a growing demand from the sectors using animal feed (aquaculture/agriculture)... 11/10/2014
FAO adopts international guidelines for sustainable small-scale fisheries The 31st session of the Fisheries Committee (COFI 31) of the FAO was held 9–13 June 2014 in Rome. Prior to COFI 31, the FAO published the 2014 edit... 04/07/2014
First international standard to be developed for environmentally and socially sustainable fisheries The French standardisation agency, Afnor (Agence française de normalisation), has suggested that there is a need to create an internationally recog... 04/07/2014
EU and other major fishing nations sign a statement on global fishing capacity management At the end of a conference on fishing capacity organised by the EU in Thessaloniki (Greece), the EU and representatives from Colombia, Indonesia, J... 27/04/2014
New FAO study demonstrates that aquaculture benefits local communities In order to address governance problems caused by the aquaculture industry’s fast growth, the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department has publishe... 23/03/2014
Trade data analysis to track IUU fishing activities Participants to the fourth Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop were presented with a tool to analyse existing fish trade data,as a cost-... 23/03/2014
Fish trade prospects to 2030 presented in a new report The World Bank, together with the FAO, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Arkansas University, published a report ent... 23/03/2014
Proposals on access agreement transparency inserted in UNGA resolution on sustainable fisheries For the annual review of the United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution on sustainable fisheries, the EC consulted the Long Distance Regional... 08/03/2014
AIPCE publishes its 2013 Finfish Study The European Fish Processors and Traders Association (AIPCE–CEP) published their annual Finfish Study in December 2013. It shows that the total sup... 26/01/2014
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