Monthly Archives: July 2017

  German national television network ARD's weekly political programme Europamagazin looked at the potential impact of Brexit for the EU and UK fishing industry (Sunday, 23 July). See our chairman Gerard van Balsfoort explain why it is so important to agree on a long term post-Brexit agreement that benefits all: the European and the [...]

    EUFA chairman Gerard van Balsfoort lays out the potential consequences of Brexit for the European Fisheries Industry on France 24. Watch the full interview here (in French). Find out more on the impact of Brexit on European fisheries in our Key Issues section.  

  On Sunday, the UK government announced it has decided to withdraw from the 1964 London Fisheries Convention. EUFA members take note of this decision and encourage calm and reason to prevail in this period of uncertainty for EU and UK fishermen. In the short term, the UK government's decision will have no immediate [...]