Publication: October 2025 Download: English Authors: Jannyna MIRES-ROJAS (Trainee), Irina POPESCU and Marcus BREUER (Research administrators) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Women play a crucial but often overlooked role in global and European fisheries, especially in the small-scale fisheries sector. Although they represent nearly a quarter of the world’s primary production sector and Read more…
A background analysis, produced as part of the accompanying expertise for the implementation report ‘The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward’, was presented on 4 September 2025. The presentation mainly focused on: the evolution of the state of Baltic fish stocks and the main factors affecting them Read more…
Publication: August 2025 Download: English Executive summary: ES – DE – EN – FR – IT– PL Author: Christian MÖLLMANN (University of Hamburg, Institute for Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries Science,Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN)) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background The Baltic Sea multiannual plan (MAP), established by Regulation (EU) Read more…
The presentation of the study took place on 16 July 2025 and mainly focused on: the current state of play in the development of plant-based products that imitate seafood potentially misleading practices as regards the labelling of these products on the EU market national initiatives to tackle the issues generated Read more…
Publication: June 2025 Download: English Executive summary: ES – DE – EN – FR – IT– PL At a glance note: English Authors: Bertrand LE GALLIC (Université Brest, Ifremer, CNRS, UMR 6308, AMURE, IUEM, Plouzané, France) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In recent years, plant-based food substitutes have emerged as a rapidly growing Read more…
Publication: December 2024 Download: English Authors: Dana TWISK (Trainee), Marcus BREUER and Irina POPESCU EXECUTIVE SUMMARY While both the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) are world leaders in fisheries production and trade, their respective fisheries management systems differ in several significant aspects. This paper provides an overview Read more…
Publication: December 2024 Download: English Authors: Irina POPESCU, Marcus BREUER, Dana TWISK (trainee) FOREWORD Over 900 different species or groups of species are landed by fishing vessels registered in the EU, and around 100 are farmed in EU aquaculture facilities. [1] Some of these species have particular relevance to common Read more…
Further reading: Study over The future of the EU fishing fleet. First assessment of Member States’ EMFAF programmes for 2021-27
