by Bibiana | Sep 17, 2024 | News
Europêche, the voice of the European fishing industry, commends the European Commission’s proposal to strengthen EU regulations designed to combat unsustainable fishing practices by non-EU countries. The Commission’s legislative action, which seeks to...
by Bibiana | Jul 13, 2023 | News
The Commission will soon propose a regulation setting autonomous tariff quotas (ATQs) for certain fishery products for the years 2024 and 2025. The ATQ regulation cover species such as tuna, pollack, hake, shrimps, cod or flatfish, allowing relatively high volumes to...
by Bibiana | Dec 5, 2022 | News
Last Friday, the Commissioner for environment, oceans and fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, attended the plenary of the European Social Dialogue Committee for sea fisheries. The social partners, ETF and Europeche, had a constructive dialogue with the Commissioner...
by Bibiana | Jun 17, 2022 | News
After two decades of dialogue, trade ministers from 164 countries broke today a last-minute deal on fisheries subsidies. Despite India’s blocking pressures, which threatened to derail the multilateral agreement, WTO managed to sign a historic treaty to curb...
by Bibiana | Apr 11, 2022 | News
Europêche, the leading trade body representing the fishing industry in Europe, strengthens its team to boost the organisation’s support for sustainable tuna fishing and to promote the voice of the sector in wider EU and international decision making. Newly founded...