News Digests

The News Digest is a monthly collection of articles related to the fishery and aquaculture market. It further complements the market intelligence services provided by EUMOFA with qualitative information addressed to sector stakeholders.

Title Description Date


News Digest n.9 / 2024

News Digest n.9 / 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
24/10/2024

Archive

Title Description Date


News Digest n.8 / 2024

News Digest n.8 / 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
23/09/2024


News Digest n.7 / 2024

News Digest n.7 / 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
24/07/2024


News Digest n.6 / 2024

News Digest n.6 / 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
29/06/2024


News Digest n.5 / 2024

News Digest n.5 / 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?
28/05/2024


News Digest n.4 / 2024

News Digest n.4 / 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
19/04/2024


News Digest n.3 / 2024

News Digest n.3 / 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
25/03/2024


News Digest n.2 / 2024

News Digest n.2 / 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
22/02/2024


News Digest n.1 / 2024

News Digest n.1 / 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
19/01/2024


News Digest n.11 / 2023

News Digest n.11 / 2023

  • The EU and UK agree on fishing opportunities for 2024 worth around €1 billion to EU fishers
  • Native oyster nursery installed in Belfast port
  • Warming Mediterranean will drive bluefin tuna elsewhere to spawn
  • Overfishing declines in Mediterranean, while aquaculture is on the rise - FAO report
  • COP28: European Commission commits €1 million to Blue Mediterranean Partnership
  • EU donates EUR 1 million to WTO Fisheries Funding Mechanism
  • Commission to explore the future of fishers up to 2050
19/12/2023


News Digest n.10 / 2023

News Digest n.10 / 2023

  • Could the world's fastest growing bivalve be the farmed seafood of the future?
  • EU-funded project aims to solidify wind farms as viable aquaculture sites
  • Can aquaculture solve the Mediterranean’s overfishing problem?
  • Commission proposes fishing opportunities for 2024 in the Atlantic, Kattegat and Skagerrak
  • Baltic Sea: Agreement reached on 2024 fishing opportunities
22/11/2023


News Digest n.9 / 2023

News Digest n.9 / 2023

  • Study seeks to improve seafood intake in the first 1,000 days of life
  • EU and Kiribati agree on a new fisheries protocol to their sustainable fisheries partnership agreement
  • Thousands of salmon escaped an Icelandic fish farm. The impact could be deadly
  • From plastic waste to stadium seats
  • Salmon fishing in Scotland threatened by rising sea temperatures
  • A win for the ocean: High Seas Treaty signed at United Nations
19/10/2023


News Digest n.8 / 2023

News Digest n.8 / 2023

  • Commission proposes fishing opportunities for 2024 in the Baltic Sea
  • EU organises the 1st EU Algae Awareness Summit in Paris from 5 to 7 October
  • Marilena and the sturgeons: conservation and sustainable aquaculture in Romania
  • The EU and UK reach three agreements on fisheries management
  • Our Baltic conference: Commissioner Sinkevičius gathers ministers in September to improve the situation of the Baltic Sea
18/09/2023


News Digest n.7 / 2023

News Digest n.7 / 2023

  • Finland's trout farming sector records 25-year high
  • A new sustainable fisheries partnership agreement signed between the EU and Madagascar
  • Warning of invasive pink salmon threat to UK fisheries
  • France commits EUR 1 million to WTO Fisheries Funding Mechanism
  • Sustainable fisheries: Launch of Energy Transition Partnership for EU fisheries and aquaculture
  • Raising investment for Europe’s largest catfish farm
18/07/2023


News Digest n.6 / 2023

News Digest n.6 / 2023

  • Sustainable fisheries: progress on fish stocks recovery, but more efforts needed to build a resilient sector
  • Launch of the European Blue Forum to shape the future of our ocean and marine resources
  • Norway sets salmon tax at 25 percent
  • €12 million algae innovation project launched in Europe
  • Farming for the future: Aquaculture Remote Classroom brings aquaculture awareness to the streets
  • ‘Why not make an entire pen?’ Aquaculture equipment company putting recycled plastic to the strength test
20/06/2023


News Digest n.5 / 2023

News Digest n.5 / 2023

  • A path to a business in fisheries
  • EU Fishing Authorisations website launched
  • Seaweed startup set to develop sargassum aquafarms
  • Women in the Blue Economy projects ready to start: Think Big, go Blue!
  • Sea Rangers sail ahead thanks to BlueInvest
  • 4 ways to ensure the future of aquaculture is sustainable
16/05/2023


News Digest n.4 / 2023

News Digest n.4 / 2023

  • EMFAF call for proposals for Scientific Advice on Fisheries is open.
  • New Fisheries Food Safety Hub launched by IICA and CRFM under EU-funded project
  • InvestEU: €28 million for the first Blue Economy instrument in Portugal
  • State aid: Commission adopts revised rules for fishery and aquaculture sector
  • Fisheries: EU and Norway conclude bilateral consultations on fishing opportunities in the Skagerrak, reciprocal access to waters and exchanges of quotas
  • Slovakia will receive €20 million from the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund 2021-2027
  • WiSA awards celebrate female aquaculture success
17/04/2023


News Digest n.3 / 2023

News Digest n.3 / 2023

  • UN delegates reach historic agreement on protecting marine biodiversity in international waters
  • Norway’s seafood exports up in value, down in volume
  • Shining a light on Sardinia’s aquaculture challenges
  • New research reveals 12 ways aquaculture can benefit the environment
  • EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’: 20 new projects to restore our blue Planet by 2030
  • FRESQO – ensuring fresh fish
22/03/2023


News Digest n.2 / 2023

News Digest n.2 / 2023

  • Fisheries, aquaculture and marine ecosystems: transition to clean energy and ecosystem protection for more sustainability and resilience
  • Experimental farm brings salmon and kelp together
  • EU Cohesion Policy: European Structural and Investment Funds supported SMEs, employment of millions of people and clean energy production
  • Ever tried seafood made from algae?
  • Minister McConalogue announces investment of €37.3 million in capital projects in Ireland’s six fishery harbour centres
  • The Blue Food Innovation Summit is back
  • Could insects, algae and agri-food by-products be the future building blocks of aquafeeds?
  • New deep-sea fisheries project committed to reduce impacts on marine habitats and achieve sustainable fisheries
  • EU pledges €1 million for landmark WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies
22/02/2023


News Digest n.1 / 2023

News Digest n.1 / 2023

  • Researchers hail industry potential of newly discovered microalgae
  • European Green Deal: Analysis on main drivers of food security in the EU and worldwide
  • An investor’s perspective on indoor shrimp farming
  • Norway’s aquaculture companies line up for Inseanergy’s floating solar units
  • Sustainable fisheries: EU and UK agree on fishing opportunities for 2023
  • Ocean algae more resilient to future climate change
  • €186 million to promote high quality and sustainable EU agri-food products
  • State aid: Commission adopts new rules for agriculture, forestry and fishery and aquaculture sectors
01/02/2023