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Wild forage fish can provide nutrients essential for human health, yet some nutrients may be lost when forage fish are used...

The brackish, semi-enclosed Baltic Sea is especially vulnerable to the possible negative impacts of invasive species. Here, we examine the effects on commercial fish stocks of four species...

The recognition that the fishing industry faces pressing challenges and that it needs a more inclusive, collaborative decision-making model is the driving force behind the U-funded ParticiPESCA project. Participatory...

On 2 October 2023, the European Union and the Republic of Kiribati signed a new fisheries protocol to the sustainable fisheries partnership agreement for a duration of five years. The Kiribati protocol...

Revolutionising fish nutrition for the sake of biodiversity

Today, Commissioner Sinkevičius is hosting the second edition of the "Our Baltic" Conference to address pressing environmental challenges in the Baltic Sea. The high-level conference gathers ministers and high-level...

The 45th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) took place in Vigo, Spain, from 18 to 22 September 2023. The focus of the meeting was the...

Much to the fishers’ dismay, cod populations in the Baltic Sea have been decreasing since the 1990s. The reasons are many, including habitat degradation. The same decade also...

Get detailed insights into the trends of all economic activities based on the oceans, seas and coasts.

Episode two of the second season of our Ocean Calls podcast is out! This time we ask: Should we worry about sharks? Find out more...