Fishing
Port activities linked to commercial fishing, including catch numbers, investment, port infrastructure and European Union (EU) policies.
Cádiz port modifies concession of La Rampa association
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz) has given the green light to the project...
A Coruña port posts largest rise of fresh fish cargo in Jan-Nov 2017
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – A Coruña port posted the highest growth of fresh fish handled in the first eleven months of 2017 among the...
Ireland aspires to steal fish traffic from Spain’s Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Ireland’s government has chosen Castletownbere to build a warehouse for the storage of fresh and frozen...
CPMR takes part in BLUES project’s kick-off meeting on December 13-14, in Piraeus
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, December 13, 2017 The CPMR took part in the BLUES project’s kick-off meeting on 13-14 December in Piraeus, Greece....
Blue Growth Community debates blue energy innovation in the Mediterranean
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, 14 December 2017 The Blue Growth Community, driven by the InnoBlueGrowth project (Interreg MED), held its second...
Huelva port set for investments
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – The Minister of Development and Housing of the Junta de Andalucía, Felipe López, announced this...
UfM stakeholders conference on blue economy kicks off
Union for the Mediterranean – Naples, Italy, November 8, 2017 With 46,000km coastline and unique marine and fisheries resources, the Mediterranean Sea...
Vigo port cargo traffic grows 16.6% y/y in October
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 – Vigo port cargo traffic grew by 16.6% on the year in October, the president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad...
Valencia: CO-EVOLVE Project to foster Sustainable Maritime and Coastal tourism development
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – The 3rd Steering Committee of the CO-EVOLVE project (Promoting the co-evolution of human activities...
EU proposes sustainable fishing opportunities in the Black Sea for 2018
European Commission – 21 November 2017 Ahead of the December Fisheries Council, where EU Member States will agree fishing quotas for 2018, the Commission...
Edouard Philippe unveils government maritime policy to relaunch French ports
Paris, France (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – Edouard Philippe, Prime Minister, has detailed the government’s maritime policy to revive the...
Sicily gets €490,000 EU funding for overhaul of port near Trapani
Trapani, Italy (PortSEurope) November 16, 2017 – Sicily regional government has agreed on a €486,525 ($573,275) funding from the European Union (EU) for...
EU delivers on blue economy commitments made at Our Ocean conference
Brussels, Belgium, November 9, 2017 In a rapid follow-up to the EU-hosted 2017 Our Ocean conference, and in the run-up to the COP23 Ocean Day in Bonn (11...
Sines port promotes sardine sustainability
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 11, 2017 – The Portuguese Secretary of State for Fisheries has said in the port of Sines that Portugal is...
Pasaia port approves €5 million investment in urbanisation of San Pedro fish market
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 9, 2017 – The board of directors of Pasaia port authority (Autoridad Poruaria de Pasaia) approved a €5 million...
WGCATCH fisheries meeting in Kavala this week
Kavala, Greece (PortSEurope) November 6, 2017 – From November 6-10, 2017, the Annual Meeting of the Pan-European WGCATCH, the International Council for...
A Coruña port’s 9-month 2017 cargo traffic rises 7%
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Fishing and bulk have driven a new growth in traffic in the port of A Coruña estimated at 7% between...
Motorway of the Sea to Tangier allows Vigo to receive fresh fish in 36 hours
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – No European port would dispute Vigo harbour’s leadership in the handling of fish for human...
A Coruña see increased traffic in January-August 2017
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – In August 2017, the port of A Coruña saw an upward trend in volume of traffic, with a new increase...
Ecocean plans to restock French ports with marine life
Montpellier, France (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – Ecocean, a company which helps restore marine ecosystems, plans to replenish marine fish stocks...