Octopus fleet excluded from Mauritania searches for new fishing grounds in West Africa Because the Spanish fleet no longer has access to Mauritanian waters, the Spanish and Galician governments maintained their opposition to the signi... 10/11/2013
European Parliament endorses the controversial EU–Mauritania FPA The European Parliament (EP) endorsed the EU–Mauritania fisheries FPA amid criticism from some MEPs defending the EU fishing fleets’ interests that... 10/11/2013
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
EU and Asian tuna groups could ink private deal with Liberia French and Spanish tuna fleets are in discussion with Liberia’s government to negotiate a private agreement for accessing tuna resources in Liberia... 19/08/2013
EP rapporteur highlights her concerns about the EU–Kiribati FPA Isabella Lövin, the European Parliament rapporteur for the EU–Kiribati FPA, proposes that parliament should vote against the agreement protocol. Sh... 05/08/2013
European Parliament to propose a comprehensive EU fishery strategy in the Pacific region A proposal to develop a comprehensive EU fishery strategy in the Pacific region was presented at the July European Parliament Fisheries Committee.T... 05/08/2013
“If we achieve increased domestication of foreign longline fleets, we won’t need global sourcing derogation” An interview with Maurice Brownjohn, OBE Maurice Brownjohn is the Commercial Advisor to the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) based in Majuro, Marshall Islands, and is also the Com... 06/07/2013
ITLOS opinion on IUU fishing requested by West African sub-regional fisheries committee The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) received a request from the West African Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) – whose... 01/07/2013
Measuring fishing capacity in the Indian Ocean: “An essential step for sound management”, says Greenpeace Meeting in Mauritius in May, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) members – including several ACP countries and the EU – agreed to the principle... 01/07/2013