For more than 80 years a trawling ban has been in place in the Sound, a strait separating Zealand (Denmark) from Scania (Sweden). Still, the ban is not...
The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) is calling for the European Commission to recognise the importance of the European Maritime Fisheries Fund (EMFF) in the...
The Commission has proposed a multi-annual plan for fish stocks in the western Mediterranean Sea. The proposal covers demersal fish stocks, i.e. fish that live and...
Oceana is calling on the EU to increase the trawling ban to a depth of 150m all year round as the only way to reverse the...
Half-way through the implementation of the EU's action plan for a maritime strategy in the Atlantic, an independent study finds it has spurred more than 1,200 new maritime projects and...
The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) and the Atlantic Arc Commission (AAC) have presented positive proposals to the European Commission’s Chief Negotiator for the Preparation and...
The European Parliament today (16 January) adopted new rules to simplify and regionally adapt the current measures fishermen use to catch fish, while ensuring the conservation...