TAC = Total Allowable Catches

Traditionally, the welfare of fish compared to welfare of other, land farmed animals has not been an important topic to consumers, producers and legislators, an attitude which is reflected in past research projects and legislation directed towards welfare, which hardly ever took fish into...

FIFG = Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance

The aim of the study is to provide the Commission with a snapshot of European aquaculture in thelate 1990s, the evolution of the sector over the last 10 years and prospects for the sector within the next 10 years.The two issues of key policy interest to the Commission are the contribution of...

Aquaculture is essentially an economic development within small and medium sized enterprises that has grown substantially in most European Union (EU) countries over recent years. This development has been particularly evident in e.g. Scotland, and Ireland [salmon (Salmo salar)], the...

The Sahel region constitutes Europe’s southern geopolitical border. Any instability there will eventually find its way into the European neighbourhood and Europe itself. The present study examines the main challenges affecting the region and offers a critical evaluation of the 2011 EU...