fisheries

#Morocco - European Commission urged to press ahead with a new fishery agreement with Rabat

UK’s withdrawal from the London Fisheries Convention greeted by indifference in Brussels and anger in Ireland

The UK’s Environment Secretary and leading Brexiteer Michael Gove announced on 2 July that the UK would take "an historic step" towards delivering a fairer deal...

EU’s farthest-flung #fisheries need funding, say MEPs

Young fishermen and fish farmers in the EU’s outermost regions (ORs) need financial help and incentives, including money for new boats, Parliament has said. The non-legislative...

EU #fisheries ministers refuse to support strong proposal for EU fishing fleet in non-EU waters

Today (28 June), European fisheries ministers have agreed a joint position on the European Commission’s proposal to regulate the sustainable management of the EU external fishing...

#Fisheries: New plan in the Baltic Sea to grant stability of fishing catches

A first step towards more stability and predictability of fish stocks in European seas has been made following today's adoption by the European Parliament's Fisheries Committee...

#Fisheries: “Baltic Plan” gives hope to seabirds but fails to end overfishing

Yesterday (16 March 2016) the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission finalized the negotiations on the multi-annual plan for the management of the Baltic...

Latvian legislation changes 'may exacerbate counterfeit medicines problem'

A major pharmaceutical association has expressed reservations that legislative changes in Latvia may add to the problem of counterfeit medicines flooding into Europe.  Anda Blumberga, of...