Source: European Parliament News The new regulation which would clarify the authorisation procedure of EU vessels fishing outside the EU and extend the licensing system to include also private agreements between EU companies and third countries, was backed by the plenary on Thursday. Parliament will now enter into negotiations with the Council in order to […]
Read MoreSource: Stop Illegal Fishing Author: Sally Frankcom Greek authorities are currently investigating a potential fraud related to two vessels reported as scrapped in 2013 under an EU fishing vessel decommissioning scheme.
Read MoreSource & Author: MercoPress Spanish Justices found that national law is insufficient to pin a crime on persons when acts are committed in a place where those acts are not a criminal offence.
Read MoreSource & Author: Consilium On 26 January 2017 the Council, led by the Maltese presidency, reached a preliminary political agreement with the European Parliament on a draft regulation defining the specifications of fishing vessels.
Read MoreSource: WWF Author: Eszter Hidas Since 2013, WWF and its partners* have been highlighting the urgent need for the establishment of an electronic system to facilitate the detection and blocking of imports of illegally caught seafood products into the EU, under the EU’s Regulation to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing [i].
Read MoreSource: WWF Author: Victoria Mundy In a Communication to the European Parliament and Council dated 1 October 2015[1], the European Commission committed to modernising the catch certificate (CC) scheme established under the EU’s 2010 Regulation on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing[2]. The CC scheme requires all imports of seafood products into the EU to be […]
Read MoreSource: La Voz de Galicia Author: María Jesús Fuente Defiende mayor transparencia en los acuerdos con otros países como China y Rusia.
Read MoreSource & Author: Fisheries A new study for the European Commission compiles data and information on fisheries subsidies within six of the world’s major fishing countries: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Russia and the United States.
Read MoreSource & Author: Undercurrent News The Spanish tuna fleet has stressed the importance of coordinating the common fisheries policy (CFP) with other European policies.
Read MoreSource & Author: The Fish Site EU – A new report from ClientEarth, focusing on England, the Republic of Ireland, France and Poland, shows that the control legislation underpinning the Common Fisheries Policy has been implemented late, badly, or sometimes not at all. Fines for illegal fishing are infrequent and, when they are given, they […]
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