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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...

Happy holidays from Sciaena!

Sciaena’s team wishes Happy Holidays to all its members, collaborators, partners and followers. 

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 […]

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...

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.