New member: Bioceval joins European Fishmeal
Bioceval has production sites in Germany, France and Spain and is part of the large conglomerate Saria Group, which operates in 26 countries and employs 11.000 people…
NAPA Seafood Summit: Women in Seafood Leadership, Anne Mette Baek
In this their second interview of the series “Women in Seafood Leadership”, the Napa Seafood Summit has interviews Managing Director of EFFOP, Anne Mette…
Fisheries opportunities and agreements for 2022
In Europe, total allowable catches (TACs) are set for most commercial fish stocks based on scientific advice on the stock status from ICES and other independent advisory…
International Webinar on Facilitating Market Access of Fisheries and Aquaculture Products
December 15, 2021 (online) As one of the most traded commodities nowadays, fisheries and aquaculture products contribute to important nutrition and animal protein…
Fjell Technology Group joins EFFOP as associated member
EFFOP is happy to welcome Fjell Technology Group as an associated member of our organization. Fjell Technology is one of the leading suppliers of technology towards processing…
From DG MARE: EU Ocean Day highlights role of oceans in tackling climate change
The ocean is a key enabler of life on Earth, producing 50% of the oxygen in the atmosphere, absorbing about 25% of human-produced carbon dioxide emissions and 90% of excess…
FishFacts joins EFFOP as associated member
EFFOP is happy to welcome FishFacts as an associated member of our organization. FishFact is the worlds first digital platform for fisheries, connecting skippers and…After seven years of presidency: European Fishmeal has a new president
The annual General Assembly of European Fishmeal (EFFOP) was held September 23rd, 2021, as an online session. The sitting president, Johannes Palsson CEO of the Danish fishmeal producer FF Skagen, stepped down after seven years as president and Frank Trearty, general manager of the Irish fishmeal producer Pelagia Killybegs, until now vice president of EFFOP, was elected as the new president. After his nomination, Frank Trearty thanked his successor for a job well done,…
Increasing fish yield reduces land and water use by up to half
A new article entitled “Environmental performance of blue foods” in the science journal Nature finds that fish and other aquatic foods (blue foods) present…
EFFOP Webinar on new developments in the ASC, MSC and MarinTrust standards
On 23 September, EFFOP hosted a webinar on new developments in the ASC, MSC and MarinTrust certification standards. The main focus of the webinar was the handling and certification…
DG MARE on study tour: If we want to be sustainable, there is no way around this
Charlina Vitcheva, The European Commission’s Director General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) visited Skagen Tuesday September 21st, to learn…
Fishmeal and fish oil production and trade in the EU
A new EUMOFA report provides an overview of the fishmeal and fish oil sectors derived from forage fisheries in the European Union (EU). Read the report here and a report…
First public consultation draft Marine Fish PEFCR launched
The new draft of the Marine fish PEFCR ( Product Environmental Footprint Category Rule) has opened for public consultation. The public consultation will run from 2 August…
Report of an Industry workshop in the MEESO project
EFFOP is partner of the MEESO project: “Ecologically and economically sustainable mesopelagic fisheries (MEESO)” funded by the EU Horizon 2020 (Blue Growth), 2019-2023…
European Fishmeal Conference has been POSTPONED to 1-3 JUNE 2022
Unfortunately, new covid-19 restrictions have recently been imposed in some of our member countries, making it very difficult to travel. Due to an increased number of…
Latest programme for high level European Fishmeal Conference 25-27 August 2021 in Denmark
We look very much forward to welcoming our members, associated members and invited speakers and guests for an interesting three day programme in Skagen, Denmark, 25-27…
EFFOP signs new EU Code of Conduct
European Fishmeal have, along with other High-level stakeholders in the food supply-chain, signed the new EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing…
A stairway to MSC – Understand the new ASC feed standard
Producers of fish feed who wish to be certified by the Aquaculture feed standard (ASC) must prove that their marine ingredients – fishmeal and fish oil – are sourced from…