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  • 18-11-2024
  • EU and neighbourhood countries agree 1st shared EU
  • Albania fisheries restricted area and other measures to protect Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries and biodiversity
  • Commission and Norway agree on EU quota of Svalbard cod for 2025 and beyond
  • Oceanloop lands €35 million for German and Spanish expansion
  • Europe to fund €9 million seaweed project
  • EU-backed project to measure ‘water footprint’ of Mediterranean fisheries
  • 24-10-2024
  • Work begins on another hybrid salmon farm in Norway
  • Bulgaria and Romania endorse the EU Mission Ocean and Waters Charter
  • FAO highlights importance of seafood to global food security
  • New EMFAF call for proposals for smart specialisation and regenerative ocean farming
  • Reconnecting land and sea: Ireland’s first seaweed processing facility
  • 23-09-2024
  • Spanish Introduce New Fishing Regulations on Management and Sustainability
  • Commission proposes a first set of fishing opportunities for 2025 in the Mediterranean and Black Seas
  • Valencia plans Spain's biggest fish farming conference
  • Commission publishes report on the implementation of the fisheries multiannual plan in the Baltic Sea
  • Opportunities to secure healthy marine ecosystems and a sustainable future for European fisheries
  • EU fisheries remained ahead of aquaculture in 2022
  • 24-07-2024
  • Norway’s salmon price decline halted -Hungary focusses EU council on aquaculture
  • Faroe Islands Proposes Regulatory Changes for Mackerel Fishing
  • Aquaculture: 20 million euros from the EIF under InvestEU
  • Turning the tide: How Sardinian fishers are cleaning up their seas
  • 29-06-2024
  • Fishing Sector Promotes Sustainable Fisheries for Future
  • Aquaculture production excluding algae has overtaken fishing, says UN report
  • Spain now fastest growing salmon market, says Seafood Council
  • Commission approves stricter controls for more flexible catch reporting in specific fisheries
  • The Commission welcomes the agreement on sustainable fisheries reached at Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
  • Pescatourism: a cooperation opportunity for Mediterranean fisheries
  • 28-05-2024
  • New funding to tackle. UK aquaculture issues
  • How to fingerprint a fish -Aquaculture: Commission shares recommendations and good practices
  • EFCA launches the first Coast Guard Capacity Building and Training Exchange Programme
  • Might a new aging tool help improve octopus fishery management?
  • 19-04-2024
  • Launch of the e-FishMed Exchange Programme to support the fight against IUU fishing in the Mediterranean
  • Norway set to tax foreign aquaculture workers and businesses
  • Ireland: discovering rare ‘sponge reefs’ and new corals with SeaRover
  • Brussels, green light to Italy’s 600 million plan for fisheries
  • Scientists use lobster tags to study how offshore aquaculture restores marine habitats
  • Consumer needs for seafood certification revealed
  • 25-03-2024
  • European Commission seeks public opinion on ways to improve protection of sharks
  • Slovenia becomes 38th member of the European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission
  • Towards better water quality, quantity management and more sustainable use of seas
  • Third countries urged to adopt the EU fisheries digital control system
  • Fisheries experts join forces as Fish Forum 2024 scales up science and innovation
  • 22-02-2024
  • One year of salmon tax in Norway: uncertainty remains
  • EU Leads on sustainable fisheries at South Pacific Fisheries meeting
  • Seaweed worms could revolutionise fish farming diets
  • New global fisheries management body’s first meeting focuses on sustainable practices and promoting biodiversity
  • 19-01-2024
  • The EU fisheries control system gets a major revamp
  • A Norwegian Company Set Up A Land-Based Aquaculture Farm, But It’s Not Salmon They Bet On 
  • Future of European eel fisheries may hinge on a coordinated management regime
  • Advantages of microalgae as a feed ingredient explored
  • New study confirms seaweed and mussel farms improve biodiversity and abundance of marine life
  • Preserving sharks in the Mediterranean