MEPs Back Aid for Europe's Fishermen
EU - European parliament members have backed an aid packaged ofr the EU fishermen, hit by rising fuel costs.

Managing Fisheries with Semantic Technologies
EU - A semantic software development toolkit designed by European researchers could help the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) improve its management of the world’s fisheries.

Minister Calls for Strong Fisheries Package
EU - Irish fisheries minister Tony Killeen has called for a strong package of EU-funded measures to address the current difficulties being experienced by fishermen across Europe and, particularly, in Ireland.

Fuel Top of Agenda at EC Fisheries Council
EU - The high price of fuel and its impact on European fishing fleets will be on the agenda at a meeting of the EU Fisheries Council in Luxembourg this week.

EU Project Stages Fisheries Workshops
EU - The PROFET Policy, an EU funded research programme is organising a series of workshops to look at aquaculture and fisheries throughout Europe.

Bluefin Tuna Fishery Closed to Save its Future
EU - The European fisheries commissioner Joe Borg has decided to close the fishery for Bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean and the Eastern Atlantic as for all purse seiners flying the flags of Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy and Malta.

Emergency Measures over Fuel Crisis
EU - The European Commission has agreed on an emergency package of measures to tackle the immediate social and economic hardship triggered by the rise in the price of oil on the European fishing fleet.

Emergency Measures over Fuel Crisis
EU - The European Commission has agreed on an emergency package of measures to tackle the immediate social and economic hardship triggered by the rise in the price of oil on the European fishing fleet.

Developing Agriculture Needed in Developing Countries
EU - In adopting a resolution on rising food prices in the EU and the developing countries, MEPs say that priority should be given to investment in agriculture, aquaculture, rural development and agribusinesses in developing countries.

European Commission Offers Help in Fuel Emergency
EU - Responding to the grave difficulties currently faced by the European fisheries sector as a result of massively increased fuel costs, Fisheries Commissioner Joe Borg has renewed his call for the restructuring of the sector before it is too late.

Anti Dumping Duty to be Lifted
EU - The European Commission's anti dumping committee has voted to lift punitive duty on imports of Norwegian salmon, despite reported objections from the UK and Ireland.

European Commission Proposes Multi-annual Plan for Herring
EUROPE - The European Commission has tabled a proposal for a Council regulation on a multi-annual plan for the management of herring fisheries to the West of Scotland.

Shrimp Standard launched at ESE
EU - A quality standard for shrimp farming is launched at ESE in Brussels today and it is a step closer to sustainable production says GLOBALGAP, who have developed it.

Tilapia Focus for HQ at Belgium Expo
EU - HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries will present the Company's range of recently ACC certified Tilapia products at the European Seafood Exposition, this week in Belgium.

Farming Fuels Bluefin Depletion, says WWF
EUROPE - Mediterranean Bluefin tuna could become extinct if fishermen continue to pursue dwindling stocks, says a report published yesterday by the WWF

European Workshop on By-product Utilisation
EUROPE - The AquAgriS Project will hold an open technology transfer workshop on the use of by-products in aquaculture in at the University of Salento, Lecce in Italy on 11 and 12 June.

Commission Welcomes Framework on Data Collection
The European Commission has welcomed the adoption by Council of its proposal for a regulation establishing an EU framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector. It is also in support of scientific advice regarding the...

EU Stats on Aquaculture to be Improved
MEPs have adopted a co-decision report on a proposal aiming to replace the current Community legislation on the submission by Member States of statistics on aquaculture production, which has been in force for more than ten years.

EU Says Yes to More Viet Exporters
VIET NAM - The European Commission (EC) has granted 25 more Vietnamese seafood companies export agreements that will allow their products into the European market.

Genetic Benefits From Industry-Academic Linked Research
EU - Researchers gathered in Brussels today to learn more about an FP7 Marie Curie scheme providing €400 million between now and 2013 for staff exchanges between businesses and universities.

EU Cash to Support Fish Industries
EU - The European Commission has approved the Operational Programmes for the Fisheries Industry in Portugal, Estonia, Romania and Italy for 2007-2013.

Ban on Cattle Blood in Fish Feed to Continue
EU - The ba on dried blood compounds from cattle being added to feed for farmed fish should continue, according to a report from European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).