#Act4 AnimalsEU The European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture has launched today the world’s most comprehensive publicly accessible trade database on fisheries and aquaculture products. EUMOFA releases fisheries international trade data 2 November 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU The European Union will announce 22 new commitments at the 2019 edition of Our Ocean conference, which will take place in Oslo, Norway on 23-24 October 2019, for better governance of the oceans. EU makes 22 new commitments for clean, healthy and safe oceans and launches The Ocean Tracker 22 October 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Protesters attempt to stop traffic entering market at ‘vigil’ for fish killed by food industry Animal rights protesters close down major UK fish market 12 October 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Floating boom finally retains debris from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, creator says Ocean cleanup device successfully collects plastic for the first time 3 October 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Marine fish stocks and the ecosystems they inhabit are in decline in many parts of our ocean, including in some European waters, because of overfishing and the ecosystem effect of fishing in general. Ending overfishing can mitigate impacts of climate change 30 September 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU On September 24th 2019, the Aquaculture Advisory Council was represented by its Executive committee member Yannis Pelekanakis at the Copernicus Marine for the Aquaculture Sector workshop in Athens. The AAC at the Copernicus Marine for the Aquaculture Sector in Athens 24 September 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU The Research Executive Agency (REA) project CERES helped answer this question by sharing its research outcomes at the annual Seminar on Fisheries Science of the European Commission, held in Brussels last Friday. What are the research priorities in the European fisheries sector? 24 September 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU A fishmonger has reacted with fury after Instagram blurred his posts displaying dead fish, labelling the posts ‘offensive material’. UK fishmonger furious after Instagram posts of dead fish flagged as ‘disturbing material’ 20 September 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Baltic pelagic fisheries has massively misreported official catches, with sprat catches regularly recorded as herring – and the false reporting is not an isolated event, reports SR Kaliber, an investigative programme on Swedish national radio. Swedish TV reports Baltic pelagic fisheries' false catch figures and poor sustainable management 17 September 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Manuel Barange, Director of Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, FAO, delivered a talk that asked the audience to consider the future role of the ocean and the future of fisheries. The future of fish and its role in securing food for a population of 9 billion 10 September 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU With 2020 just around the corner, we’ve reached the deadline set in the reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) to end overfishing. Fishing quotas: it’s not just the size of the pie 10 September 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Two French MPs presented a report to the French parliamentary committee on European affairs on 17 July. The report recommended 27 measures to prevent the collapse of Europe’s fish resources. Two French MPs want their Parliament to discuss Europe’s overfishing problem 23 July 2019