News Digest n.10 / 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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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