Tag: fisheries
Fight against overfishing – Struggle for a valid fisheries agreement in the WTO – News
Contents There is actually unity among the 164 states. But the devil is in the details of the agreement. More and more fishermen around the world are complaining about empty…
After criticism from farmers: Now the fisheries fund has to suffer from cuts
After criticism from farmers Now the fisheries fund has to suffer from cuts January 5, 2024, 3:09 p.m Due to the Federal Constitutional Court’s ruling against the second supplementary budget…
Fisheries: EU wants to restrict bottom trawling and “decarbonize” vessels
(AFP/DENIS CHARLET) Extend marine protected areas and ban bottom trawling, better counter overexploitation, less energy-consuming boats… the European Commission presented its plan to “green” the fishing sector, immediately decried by…
30×30 for Biodiversity: Marine Protected Areas and Fisheries
By 2030, 30 percent of the world’s sea and land area should be protected, that is the goal of the current UN biodiversity conference. But what protection means and how…
Putin’s war threatens fisheries cooperation with Russia
Virtually all economic and social contacts between the West and Russia have now been frozen. An exception is the Norwegian-Russian fisheries cooperation in the Norwegian Sea. If it stops, the…
Wheat, fisheries, vaccines: the WTO meets for the first time in more than four years
The first ministerial meeting of the WTO for more than four years opens this Sunday with the hope of agreements on fishing and patents for anti-Covid vaccines, but the differences…
Fisheries: agreement between the EU and London on 2022 quotas in their shared waters
While the 27 welcome a compromise deemed “balanced”, the NGOs denounce quotas which “endanger” certain species. The EU and the UK have agreed on fishing quotas for 2022 in their…
Stranded fisheries dispute: London and Paris postpone agreement
Thursday, November 4th, 2021 Stuck fishing dispute London and Paris postpone agreement A comment on ongoing negotiations could hardly be more minimalistic. In the Franco-British dispute over fishing licenses, both…
Fisheries dispute goes into the next round
A fisherman unloads crabs from a French trawler that entered the port of Granville in France from British waters. Photo: Nicolas Garriga / AP / dpa As France’s European Minister…
Fisheries dispute comes to a head: British give French ultimatum
Monday, November 1st, 2021 The fishing dispute is coming to a head The British give the French an ultimatum France and Great Britain are fighting over fishing rights after Brexit.…
Hard fronts in the fisheries dispute: Johnson warns Paris of breach of contract
Saturday 30th October 2021 Hard fronts in the fisheries dispute Johnson warns Paris of breach of contract The clock is ticking: will France and Great Britain agree in their Brexit…
Paris threatens the fisheries dispute: London appoints an ambassador
Thursday, October 28, 2021 Paris threatens in the fishing dispute London appoints an ambassador The dispute over fishing quotas between Great Britain and France is getting tougher. Paris in particular…