The current European Union (EU) Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) has defined 2020 as the year to deliver a major change in fisheries management: sustainable exploitation rates for all stocks. Despite progress, the EU has not achieved this goal. With this in mind, on March 30, Sciaena organized a webinar named “Implementation of the...
A survey released today by the associations ZERO, Sciaena and ANP|WWF (below) indicates that more than ninety percent of the Portuguese are in favor of introducing a generalized deposit return system [1]. Environmental protection organizations released the results at a time when it appears that pressure from certain sectors of the industry is...
On March 30, between 2 pm and 3:30 pm GMT+1, Sciaena will organize a webinar named “Implementation of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy: lessons learned” with Gonçalo Carvalho and Ana Matias.
Sciaena supports the campaign “Jobs for the climate” (“Empregos para o Clima”), a campaign that aims to fight precarious work and climate and fight for a socially just and environmentally sound world.The climate crisis took place, bringing with it several other crises of various kinds, such as a social crisis, whose...
The EU Fisheries Control Coalition applauds the positive steps taken by the European Parliament towards more transparent fisheries and traceable seafood. With their vote in plenary this week, EU parliamentarians have called for all fishing vessels to report everything they catch, including sensitive and protected species, which will make data...
