News Digest n.9 / 2022

• Scots develop online warning system for harmful marine events
• European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund 2021-2027: the Commission adopts €518 million programme for Italy
• How will Norway’s proposed 40% aquaculture tax impact the industry?
• EU Cohesion Policy: €4.6 billion for Latvia to support a green and fair economy and society in 2021-2027
• The link between trout genetics and sustainability
• Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management Needed to Help Marine Life Thrive in Northeast Atlantic Ocean

News Digest n.8 / 2022

• Aquafeed and Aquaculture Additives: A game Changer in the Food and Nutrition Industry
• The world needs more food, but it must be produced sustainably
• EU-Mauritius fisheries protocol extended for six months
• EU Cohesion Policy: €1.4 billion for Ireland's economic and social development and green transition in 2021-2027
• Fisheries: End to bottom fishing on protected deep-sea ecosystems in EU waters
• EU Cohesion Policy greenlights €23 million in blue economy spending for Slovenia

News Digest n.7 / 2022

• Researchers pinpoint how sea cucumbers can transform IMTA
• New Aquaculture Assistance Mechanism to support EU sustainable aquaculture
• European Commission approves a €600,000 Flemish scheme to support fishery sector in Flanders in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
• Climate change constitutes a key challenge to sustainable fishery management
• EU and Norway harmonise fisheries control data exchange
• European Commission approves €1 million Irish scheme to support fisheries cooperatives in the context of Brexit

News Digest n.6 / 2022

• EU fisheries and aquaculture to receive a compensation for the war in Ukraine
• WTO 12th Ministerial Conference secures key outcomes on fisheries subsidies
• European Commission Partnership Agreements allocates funds towards fisheries and aquaculture
• SEASTAR brings digitisation underwater for sustainable aquaculture
• New measures in Gulf of Lion to protect precious Mediterranean fish stocks and habitats
• GFCM’s MedSea4Fish will continue turning the corner on overexploitation in Mediterranean Sea
• SeaMark project awarded multi-million-euro funding for sustainable seaweed ingredients
• Europe-supported projects are reducing illegal fishing in the Western Indian Ocean

News Digest n.5 / 2022

• Can we feed aquaculture fish with insects?
• The European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) publishes study on regionalisation
• MEPs endorse the largest EU’s fisheries agreement with Mauritania
• European Commission proposes annual EU budget of €185.6 billion for 2023
• European Commission adopts €18.4 partnership Agreement with France for 2021-2027
• European Commission publishes its Communication “Towards more sustainable fishing in the EU: state of play and orientations for 2023”
• Aquatic food in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea: From farm to fork
• Ireland leads EU organic aquaculture production
• EU Blue Economy report: ocean economy fuels European green transition

News Digest n.4 / 2022

• How Italy and Croatia are fighting against marine pollution
• European Commission published report on implementation of Maritime Spatial
• European Commission’s renewed Strategy for the EU's outermost regions
• European Commission adopts €1.3 billion Partnership Agreement with Austria
• EU and Norway strengthen cooperation for sustainable fishing
• New episode of video series OCEAN shows projects and developments in fisheries
• Aquaculture under threat in the Black Sea

News Digest n.3 / 2022

• Hungarian-led consortium winds up EU-funded fish farming project
• General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean launched two new tenders
• European Commission proposed second package of measures to support fishery and aquaculture sectors
• Invest EU fund to mobilise €500 million for blue economy
• New report on circular aquaculture
• Cases of oil dumps in European waters

News Digest n.2 / 2022

• Shortage of fresh fish in Andalucia due to high fuel costs
• Soaring prices, an ocean of problems for fishermen
• Italian fishermen strike over high fuel costs
• RAS Company opens first shrimp farm in France
• FAO at Aquaculture Europe 2022
• New strategic vision for sustainable aquaculture now available in all EU languages
• GFCM and OceanCare to protect Mediterranean and Black Sea
• EU unveils platform to promote algae aquaculture
• Inquiry on a mass swarm of dead fish in Atlantic waters

News Digest n.1 / 2022

• New strategic vision for sustainable aquaculture now available in all EU languages
• European Commission and IOC UNESCO join forces for a stronger ocean literacy
• Croatia as a potential Blue Economy champion
• European Commission invites comments on revision of EU State aid rules
• Open consultations on the Common Fisheries Policy and the Common Market Organisation

News Digest n.11 / 2021

• The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2022 the international Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022)
• EC adopts contingency plan for food supply and food security in times of crisis
• EIF become cornerstone investors in Ocean 14 Capital’s inaugural fund
• GFCM adopts a new measure to improve transparency and effective monitoring
• GFCM adopts measures against ghost fishing
• EU supports aquaponics project

News Digest n.10 / 2021

• European Maritime Day in Ravenna: 19-20 May 2022
• Xunta de Galicia values key role of online sales of seafood during COVID-19 pandemic
• Europe invests millions in ecosystem-based fisheries management project
• EU funding in the fisheries, aquaculture and processing sectors: how was it used?
• Maltese public consultation launched €29 million for fisheries sector
• Mediterranean and Black Seas: fishing opportunities for 2022
• Meeting on the future of small-scale coastal fisheries and aquaculture in the EU

News Digest n.9 / 2021

• EU consumers stay loyal to fish and seafood despite COVID-19 crisis
• ASC launches consultation on new requirements to improve welfare of farmed fish
• More than 80 aquaculture projects underway in Portugal
• Fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2022
• Dutch experimenting mussel vending machines as season opens
• Fresh salmon exports from Scotland at record levels and low prices

News Digest n.8 / 2021

• EU and Cook Islands continue their fisheries partnership
• EU Commission adopts €21 billion for Greek Partnership Agreement for 2021-2027
• “Catching the Potential” project for a more sustainable fishing
• EU project to promote aquaponics in Italy and Tunisia
• WTO in favor of a more sustainable fishing

News Digest n.7 / 2021

• FAO GLOBEFISH announces the new Price Dashboard
• Slow growth for global aquaculture in 2021-2030
• GFCM Strategy 2021-2030: a sustainable future for aquaculture
• European Parliament adopts the 2021-2027 EMFAF
• EU Commission extends ‘access to waters’ regime under CFP
• Innovative shellfish farming developed through EU funding
• EU against unregulated fishing in the Arctic
• Sturgeon to be protected against poaching

News Digest n.6 / 2021

• Public consultation for a strong and sustainable algae sector
• Sustainable fisheries: Commission launches consultation for fishing opportunities
• World Oceans Day 2021: sea biodiversity at risk
• Europe’s fish market to be driven by seafood for 2021-2026 period
• Overfishing in the Black Sea
• EU and UK find an agreement on fishing opportunities
• EU Green Deal for a sustainable blue economy in the EU
• EU aquaculture guidelines welcomed by EATiP

News Digest n.5 / 2021

• 2021 EU Blue Economy Report: key findings
• European Green Deal: strategic guidelines for EU aquaculture
• Recirculating aquaculture systems in Spain
• Seafood record earnings in Norway
• SEAFOODTOMORROW: for a sustainable future of the seafood industry
• New actions adopted to preserve wild sturgeon
• Public consultation on sustainable fisheries from the European Commission
• GFCM-Lex: fisheries legislation in the Mediterranean