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…