As the Commission seeks to amend the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund, it should make sure that EU public funding supports sustainable fisheries by EU vessels, both in EU waters and around the world.
Small-Scale fisheries make up to 50% of tuna catches the Indian Ocean
Can the EU modernise its fishing fleet without increasing fishing pressure? What is at stake for distant water fishing in Africa?
The Commission study on the future of the EU fishing fleet highlights the challenge of balancing ecological sustainability, decarbonisation, and economic viability. The article explores whether fleet modernisation should automatically be considered an increase in fishing capacity, and discusses the implications of this debate for fisheries management both within the EU and in African waters where EU distant-water fleets operate.
The EU is debating its Fisheries Policy – Africa should pay attention
Beneficial ownership transparency in OACPS fisheries: strong commitments, but slow implementation
What could the EU learn from China’s approach to distant-water fisheries?
EU fisheries governance should shift from a vessel-based to an enterprise-based model, drawing on the Chinese distant-water fishing model while noting its limits. EU progress in transparency and beneficial ownership control is highlighted, alongside calls for conditional subsidies, expanded compliance, and broader corporate responsibility globally.
To subsidise or not to subsidise, that is not the question
SFPA monies must reach the shore: What Mauritian artisanal fishers expect from the future fisheries agreement with the EU
Although the EU-Mauritius SFPA generates measurable macroeconomic gains, these benefits remain largely invisible to small-scale fishers. The authors highlight weak transparency, limited coastal development impact, governance issues, and inequitable access to resources, calling for a more inclusive, community-centred fisheries partnership model.
Aligning ocean governance and fisheries policy: what the EU Ocean Act must deliver
EU-Mauritania SFPA: a tool to achieve sustainability?
The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) between the EU and Mauritania is an opportunity to implement the “new generation” of agreements announced by the Commission, which should focus on the equitable sharing of benefits, local development, and the well-being of coastal communities that depend on fishing.