TAC = Total Allowable Catches

Traditionally, the welfare of fish compared to welfare of other, land farmed animals has not been an important topic to consumers, producers and legislators, an attitude which is reflected in past research projects and legislation directed towards welfare, which hardly ever took fish into...

The aim of the study is to provide the Commission with a snapshot of European aquaculture in thelate 1990s, the evolution of the sector over the last 10 years and prospects for the sector within the next 10 years.The two issues of key policy interest to the Commission are the contribution of...

This case study covers Measure 1.4 (Article 26), Small-scale coastal fisheries (M1.4). Based on the analysis of the EFF intervention logic, the objectives of this measure were: 1. Sustained balance between resources and fishing capacity 2. Strengthened competitiveness of the small-scale fishing...

This report presents a collation of existing data on the extent of non-local labour across the EU fisheries sector, including the catching, processing and aquaculture sub-sectors, in order to identify trends of employment between 2008 and 2013 and across a range of scales (EU-wide, Member State...