fisheries | fisherfolk


Thai tuna industry pushes for tariff-free EU access amid trade talks
EU fishers warn Thailand still faces sustainability and human-rights concerns as FTA negotiations intensify.
Europêche warns EU against duty-free Thai tuna access
Europêche has urged the European Commission to exclude tuna products from the EU–Thailand free trade agreement currently entering a new round of talks on 29 September.
EU official urges T&T: Ratify EPA, modernise fisheries rules
John Bazill, an official responsible for trade relations with the Caribbean in the European Commission’s Trade Department, is encouraging T&T to ratify the long-outstanding Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union.
Mixed ruling in UK-EU fishing dispute as Britain seeks Brexit reset
Arbitrators asked to settle a dispute between Britain and the European Union over post-Brexit fishing rights have given a mixed ruling, the Permanent Court of Arbitration said.
Europeche calls for exclusion of tuna from new free trade agreement with Thailand
As the European Commission and Thailand begin the fifth round of trade negotiations today until 4 April, calls are growing in Spain for tuna to be excluded from any future deal with Bangkok.
EU-Thailand trade talks resume as Spain worries about tuna sector
As the European Commission and Thailand begin the fifth round of trade negotiations today until 4 April, calls are growing in Spain for tuna to be excluded from any future deal with Bangkok.
EU and UK clash in first post-Brexit legal battle over North Sea fishing ban
The hearing will delve into whether Britain's fishing ban violates the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the European Union.
The EU says it won’t renew a fishing agreement with Senegal criticized by many in the country
Many local fishermen say they can’t compete with the foreign industrial trawlers and barely catch enough fish to make a living.
BREAKING: EU Court ruling: occupied Western Sahara not part of EU-Morocco agreements
In its rulings on, 4 October 2024, the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) has concluded that the EU appeals were all rejected.
Fish farmers up in arms at proposed FTA with EFTA members
Representatives of six fish farmer associations on Monday submitted a letter to Prime Minister and Finance Minister Srettha Thavisin, urging the government to halt the negotiation of a free trade agreement (FTA) for imported fish that Thailand is planning with EFTA.