Fishing
Port activities linked to commercial fishing, including catch numbers, investment, port infrastructure and European Union (EU) policies.
Valenciaport promotes fishing tourism and marine litter recycling in Gandia
Valencia, September 16, 2021.- The Artisanal Fishing Show, Tourism i Territori de la Mediterrània de Gandia, begins this Saturday with a program of events...
Port of the Bay of Cádiz to benefit from Mauritania fishing agreement
The hake fleet thanks the Port Authority for the efforts in the negotiations with Mauritania – July 20, 2021 The owners of fresh trawlers have thanked...
President of Vigo Port Authority promotes fishing trade
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) July 5, 2021 – Speaking at the international seminar “The challenges of sustainable fishing”, organized by the...
Port of Vigo reports positive March cargo figures
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) May 3, 2021 – The Port of Vigo cargo traffic grew by 4.56% during last March, compared to the general fall of -2.98% in cargo...
Port of Motril opens new dry dock area for boat repair
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) March 17, 2021 – The Port of Motril has inaugurated a new dry dock area for the repair of boats, and equipped with a gantry...
Croatian prime minister visits Zadar port
Zadar, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 24, 2021 – Prime Minister Andrej Plenković has visited the Gaženica fishing port in Zadar, where he presented...
Vigo port and local government discuss Brexit and rail investment
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2021 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo (APV – Port Authority of Vigo), Jesús Vázquez...
Almería port plans fish market development
Almeria, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2021 – Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA – Port Authority of Almería) has commissioned Tragsatec...
Black Sea countries: regional cooperation on blue economy will help “build back better” after COVID-19 pandemic
News Release – European Commission – 21/12/2020 At their 11 December ministerial meeting, in the presence of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius,...
Press Statement by EU Commissioner Sinkevičius following AGRIFISH Council on 17 December 2020
Brussels, 17 December 2020 Press Statement by Commissioner Sinkevičius following AGRIFISH Council on 17 December 2020 Dear colleagues,Today, the Council has...
Gijón port increases fish catch
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 16, 2020 – In January-October 2020 the port of Gijón recorded an increase in landed fish of 75.6% compared to the...
€6.1 billion for sustainable fisheries and safeguarding fishing communities
On Friday, EU legislators reached a provisional agreement on how EU countries will be able to spend funds allocated to fisheries and aquaculture for 2021-2027...
Fincantieri and Federpesca join forces to promote Italian fishing fleet
Fincantieri and Federpesca (the Italian National Association of Fishing Enterprises) signed a Memorandum of Understanding today to promote the renewal of the...
Sevastopol’s RSC Aquamarine plans to purchase 10 fishing vessels
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 9, 2020 – Sevastopol fish canning plant RSC Aquamarine plans to purchase 10 vessels frpm Sevastopol Marine Plant...
Blue sectors contribute to the recovery and pave way for EU Green Deal
Today, the European Commission published “The EU Blue Economy Report 2020”, providing an overview of the performance of the EU economic sectors related to...
More protection for our seas and oceans is needed, report finds
The Commission adopted today a report on the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) which reveals that, while the EU’s framework for marine...
EU Commission reviews EU common fisheries policy and launches consultation
The Commission adopted its annual communication taking stock of the implementation of the common fisheries policy (CFP) and launched a public consultation on...
Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard to build trawler for P/F Havborg
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 18, 2020 – Tersan Shipyard Inc. has signed a new contract to build an arctic freezer trawler for P/F Havborg from...
New Casablanca port fishing facility close to becoming operational
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 14, 2020 – Morocco’s Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP) has reported that the new fishing facility at Casablanca...
EU tops up fisheries fund by €500 million to help recovery
In a press conference today, Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, explained the Commission’s decision to...