Fishing

After two days of negotiations, ministers agreed on fishing opportunities in the Atlantic, North Sea, Mediterranean and Black Seas for 2023, as well as for selected deep-sea stocks for 2023 and 2024. In Overall, the agreement provides catch limits, also known as "total allowable catches" (TACs), for more than...

The Commission has approved a proposal to include tougher measures in EU legislation to help the recovery of Mediterranean swordfish. The new regulation incorporates Recommendation 16-05 of the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas into EU legislation. This is a crucial step towards better management of a stock...

The European Union votes and opens the doors to electric fishing. For Bloom it is an environmental disaster. With 23 votes in favor and only 3 against, the European Parliament's Fisheries Commission has opened the doors to electric fishing. A cruel system that literally electrocutes the fish after attracting...

Initially, additives were mainly attributed to the illicit use of carbon monoxide, then attention was paid to nitrites and nitrates. Non-permitted and undeclared additives are not only illegal but represent a critical issue that strongly disturbs the market for producers of slices of both yellowfin tuna and natural bluefin...

Fishing, more than any other sector of food production, is characterized by the uncertainty of production conditions. Fishermen are never sure what they will catch; and that what they land will suit the buyers. The origin of the problem is a basic fact, namely, that in the sector there...