MSC Board Approves New Fisheries Standard
After four years of significant scientific research and consultation with over 1,000 stakeholders, the Marine Stewardship Council’s new Fisheries Standard has received…
MEESO project stakeholder modelling workshop
EFFOP is partner in the MEESO project (Ecologically and economically sustainable mesopelagic fisheries). On Tuesday 21 June, we participated in a MEESO stakeholder…
Major Takeaways from the Biennial Conference
Hear the views of the EFFOP president, the managing director and the vice chair of the European Parliament Fisheries Committee.…
EFFOP Biennial Conference 2024
The time and venue of EFFOP’s next Biennial Conference was decided at the last General Assembly which took place in Skagen at the beginning of June. It will take place…EFFOP General Assembly 2022
On June 1st, 2022, EFFOP held its annual general assembly. Neither the chair nor the vice-chair was up for election, and the Executive Committee continued unchanged. The Excom members are: Frank Trearty, Ireland (Chair) Gardar Svavarsson, Iceland (Vice-chair) Christian Bisgaard, Germany, France and Spain Johannes Palsson, Denmark Kyrre Dale, Norway Toby Parker, UK Odd Eliasson, Faroe Islands Toomas Kevvai, Estonia Janis Zoldners, Latvia Charles Goudon, Malta At the…
EFFOP Biennial Conference 2022
EFFOP held its biennial conference last week in Skagen, Denmark. Under the headline “Responsible Production – The European Way”, several experts, politicians and keynote…
EU Taxonomy regulation – platform on Sustainable Finance
In July 2020, the EU has published and implemented a taxonomy regulation with the aim to establish a list of environmentally sustainable economic activities. By doing…
The European Fishmeal industry will gather once again with record attendance
Finally, after postponing the 2021 conference due to Covid-19, the united European fishmeal industry will gather to share knowledge with colleagues and competitors.…
IFFO 2022 Members’ Meeting in Miami
On the 5th of April, EFFOP was in Miami to participate in the annual IFFO members’ meeting. This was IFFO’s first in person event since the start of the pandemic. EFFOP was…
Fed by Blue – Hope is in the Water
Fed by Blue is an initiative which aim is to broaden access to responsible seafood (referred to as “blue food”) by increasing transparency, expanding education, and improving…
AAC Recommendation on the Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR)
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European Fishmeal Producers Deliver Valuable Ingredients from Offcuts and Pelagic Fish
This article was ariginallt brought at the Danish Agriculture & Food Council’s website. We are stronger when we stand together. This is the philosophy in the…
A new marine ingredients responsible sourcing policy
EFFOP welcomes the new responsible sourcing policy from Nutreco and Skretting that aims to protect the ocean and ensure that fish stocks intended for direct or indirect…EFFOP weighing standard and video recording of pelagic landings presented for EU Member States, EFCA and DG Mare
On 7 March, the EFFOP secretariat participated in a joint Workshop on monitoring, control and enforcement of the Landing Obligation. The 73 participants were from BALTFISH Member States, BSAC members, DG Mare, European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) and observers. DG Mare informed of “The role of Member States to ensure control and enforcement of the landing obligation” and EFCA could inform that there was still a way to go for compliance with the Landing Obligation…Invitation: Seminar on “Building our knowledge of the mesopelagic zone”
EFFOP is partner in the MEESO project: “Ecologically and economically sustainable mesopelagic fisheries (MEESO)“. The MEESO project is organizing a seminar “Building our knowledge of the mesopelagic zone“, Friday 25 March 2022 at Castletroy Park Hotel, Co. Limerick, Ireland, 9:30 – 14:00 GMT Frank Trearty, President of EFFOP, will give a presentation entitled ”The European Fishmeal and Fish Oil Produceres – mesopelagics a potential…New members join EFFOP once again
We are happy to announce that EFFOP has accepted three new members, two producers and one associated. On the producer’s side, we greet Aquaculture Resources Limited, a Maltese fishmeal and fish oil producer focusing on tuna byproducts, who plan to enter operation in September of 2022. We also welcome Venta FM, our new producing member from Latvia. As both will be the sole member of their respective countries, they are also offered a seat on EFFOP’s executive board. As an associated…
EFFOP comments to Marin Trust V3 proposed clauses for by-products
Marin Trust is in the process of developing a version 3 of their Standard and on Thursday 20th January 2022 held a Workshop to present and discuss the proposed clauses…
Economist Impact: Wolrd Ocean Summit Virtual Week
The 9th annual World Ocean Summit will take place online from March 1st-4th 2022. Attendees can join the summit from anywhere in the world, free of charge. This global event…