Commission Decision of 25 February 2016 setting up a Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries, C(2016) 1084, OJ C 74, 26.2.2016, p. 4–10. The Commission may consult the group on any matter relating to marine and fisheries biology, fishing gear technology, fisheries economics, f...
This issue of the FARNET Magazine opens with an exploration of the general importance of diversification for fisheries areas. It is followed by reports of the ways in which diversification is being interpreted on the ground in Oeste (Portugal), the Stockholm archipelago (Sweden), and Andalusia (...
The Commission proposed a multi-annual plan for the fisheries exploiting demersal stocks in the western Mediterranean. The supporting Impact Assessment (IA) did not provide enough details on the socio-economic impacts of the plan in the countries affected by the proposal. The complementary IA ai...
In 2016, the EU fishing fleet numbered 83 360 vessels with a combined gross tonnage (GT) of 1.56 million tonnes and engine power of 6.3 million kilowatts (kW). Based on data submitted by Member States under the EU Data Collection Framework (DCF), there were 65 400 active vessels in 2016, of whic...