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The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) met for its 24th Session between the 2nd and 6th November 2020. The meeting was held by video-conference and..

Meeting via video-conference over the past two weeks, delegations of the European Union, the Faroe Islands, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, the Russian...

The high-level meeting on the future strategy for the Mediterranean and Black Sea took place today, under the umbrella of the FAO General Fisheries...

From 200 m all the way down to its deepest point of 2 200 m, the Black Sea is nearly as lifeless as a foreign planet. At its surface, however, it...

Today the Commission published its proposal setting out catch limits for fish stocks in the Atlantic and the North Sea. Based on this proposal, EU...

Miquel Ferrés from Palamós, Catalonia, is a fisherman and a keen sportsman. While fishing on his trawler, he came to realise that his nets were...

Marine litter including abandoned fishing nets - also known as ghost nets - are a serious threat to marine ecosystems. In the EU, an estimated 20% of.

The EU’s common fisheries policy and the Commission’s annual proposals for fishing opportunities are based on the best available scientific evidence..

European maritime security has significantly improved over the last years on several dimensions including international or regional cooperation...