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Monitoring the performance of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is required by Article 50 of the CFP. The European Commission requests the Scientific Technical Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) to report...

Today, the European Union establishes for the first time, a harmonised system to collect catch data from recreational fisheries in marine coastal areas across the EU.

Today, the European Commission opened a public consultation to gather evidence, insights, concerns, ideas, and feedback on the effectiveness of the common fisheries policy (CFP) regulation from a range of stakeholders...

The EU adopted legislation to make the flatfish fisheries in the Baltic Sea more selective by reducing incidental catches of cod, a heavily depleted stock, with the use of more selective...