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Sciaena organizes webinar with researcher Marisa Vedor about blue and mako sharks
Sciaena gets back in the webinar world, with an event regarding an ever more pressing issue – the threats sharks are up against, namely blue and mako sharks, with the special participation of researcher Marisa Vedor. The webinar, entitled “Movements and behaviour of two widely distributed sharks at risk from fishing”, will...
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Fisheries Committee vote creates loopholes that put sustainability and legality of EU seafood at risk
In a mixed bag of voting outcomes, the European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee (PECH) has called for more transparency around fisheries activities and traceability to seafood supply chains, while simultaneously weakening the existing rules for controlling EU fishing activities. The Committee voted on a package of amendments to the EU...
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Back to the source: saving Europe’s biodiversity starts in the ocean
On January 14, the European Parliament’s (EP) Fisheries and Environment Committees discussed a first draft of the EP’s response to the EU’s 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, published by the European Commission in May 2020. Parliament will finalize and vote on its position in the coming months and this Strategy is fundamental to...
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Happy holidays from Sciaena!
Sciaena’s team wishes Happy Holidays to all its members, collaborators, partners and followers.
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In the shadow of Brexit and COVID-19, Portugal and the EU make progress to end overfishing, falling short of legal and environmental commitments
This morning, negotiations ended at the European Council of Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries (AGRIFISH), the meeting at the end of the year where fishing quotas for the European Union (EU) for the following year are usually decided. In a year conditioned by the pandemic caused by COVID-19 and the still uncertain outcome of the […]
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ICCAT – 2021 will be a decisive year for Atlantic tunas and sharks
The 23rd annual meeting of ICCAT – the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna, responsible for the fisheries management of large pelagic species of the Atlantic Ocean – should have taken place last november in Turkey and with the presence of representatives from more than 50 members from the commission, but...
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The unintended impact of the European discard ban | Webinar with Lisa Borges
On December 10, between 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm GMT, Sciaena will organize a webinar entitled “The unintended impact of the landing obligation” with Lisa Borges from FishFix.
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Letter to Minister of Economy – Citizens’ right to “Choose to Reuse” removed from proposed Portuguese legislation
“Dear Minister of State, the Economy and Digital Transition, Pedro Siza Vieira We are writing with great concern regarding your decision to withdraw the packaging reuse targets of the proposed Portuguese Waste legislation (Unilex) leaving it to the economic sector to propose and implement. Reuse targets are a policy tool to signal to...
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Webinar highlights advantages of better control and monitoring for small-scale fisheries
Sciaena has organized a webinar on November 19 entitled “A new light on small-scale fisheries: benefits and opportunities of enhanced control and monitoring”, with the objective of generating a debate on the need and advantages of better control and monitoring practices for small-scale fisheries and marine resources, particularly in...
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Small-scale fishers: Facts and benefits of tracking and catch reporting
A new report produced by the EU Fisheries Control Coalition calls for greater visibility of the small-scale fisheries (SSF) sector, and highlights the facts and benefits of installing electronic tracking and catch reporting systems onboard smaller vessels. By showcasing recent projects from across Europe where these systems are already...
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