ICES published an advice to the EC on the effects of fisheries on the ecosystem in the Baltic and which factors other than fisheries are affecting the fish stocks.
Only fishery products from legal catches can enter the EU market. The new digital certification tool ‘Catch’ will be less open to fraud than the current paper-based system.
Im Rahmen eines öffentlichen Fachgespräches zum Thema „Ocean Governance – Schutz der Weltmeere“ tauschten sich Sachverständige mit Mitgliedern des Ausschusses für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit aus.
The agricultural sector has been identified as being the biggest source of microplastics entering the environment. European Chemicals Agency says that EU wide restrictions are fully justified.
A public consultation addressed to individual citizens, professional users, producers and other stakeholders of European fisheries statistics is running until April 12th.