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🦪Bivalves (mussels, oysters) – Traditionally strong, but climate-induced losses and competition from Chile are eroding market share. Read more: bit.ly/45hMejO @EP_fisheries #Research4Committees

🐟 Small pelagics – Once self-sufficient but declining; exports of blue whiting and imports of sardine and anchovy distort balances. Read more: bit.ly/45hMejO @EP_fisheries #Research4Committees

🐟 Salmonids – almost all salmon consumed is imported (mainly from Norway and Chile); trout remains mostly EU-produced. Read more: bit.ly/45hMejO @EP_fisheries #Research4Committees

If you missed the Study presentation on ‘Assessing the impact of seafood imports on EU self-sufficiency’, we have published all related info including video recording on our blog: research4committees.blog/2026/02/27/dig… @EP_fisheries #Research4Committees

📢 Our Study presentation on ‘Assessing the impact of seafood imports on EU self-sufficiency’ is about to start: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreamin… or come back later to find all info on our blog: research4committees.blog/pech-events/ @EP_fisheries #Research4Committees

🐟 Groundfish (cod, hake, Alaskan pollock) – only 20% from EU sources; quotas and stock declines have cut EU landings by 43% since 2020. Read more: bit.ly/45hMejO @EP_fisheries #Research4Committees

📢 It’s on Wednesday! Our Study presentation on ‘Assessing the impact of seafood imports on EU self-sufficiency’ will start at 14h30. If you can’t attend in person follow it online or come back later to watch the video recording: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreamin… #Research4Committees

📢 Don’t miss our Study presentation on Assessing the impact of seafood imports on EU self-sufficiency! It’s on Wednesday 25 February 14h30-15h30. Webstreaming will be available here: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreamin… #Research4Committees @EP_fisheries

🐟Tuna – mostly caught outside EU waters; self-sufficiency fell to 29% in 2022 due to expanding free trade and autonomous tariff quotas (ATQs) to supply EU canneries. Read more here: bit.ly/45hMejO @EP_fisheries #Research4Committees

📢 New date to your🗓️! On 25 February at 14h30 we organise a Study presentation on ‘Assessing the impact of seafood imports on EU self-sufficiency’ prepared for @EP_fisheries research4committees.blog/event/pech-stu… #Research4Committees

🌊The policy recommendations provided in our study aim to help secure a more self-sufficient, sustainable, and resilient seafood system. 🔍Read more: bit.ly/45hMejO @EP_fisheries #Research4Committees

📚Three case studies illustrate how high input costs and relatively low productivity mean that imports, now supply over 80% of the EU’s consumption of fisheries and aquaculture products (FAPs).🌊 🔍Read more: bit.ly/45hMejO @EP_fisheries #Research4Committees

🐟 Our new study explores the competitiveness gap faced by the EU’s seafood sector. 🔍Read more here: bit.ly/45hMejO @EP_fisheries #Research4Committees

📢 We have just published a study on ‘Assessing the impact of seafood imports on EU self-sufficiency’ 🌊 Read more: research4committees.blog/2026/01/19/pub… @EP_fisheries #Research4Committees

📢 We will soon publish a study on ‘Assessing the impact of seafood imports on EU self-sufficiency’. 🐟 Stay tuned 📣 @EP_Fisheries research4committees.blog/subscribe/ #Research4Committees

🐟 Beyond ecosystem-scale benchmarks, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) offers a ready-made legal basis for operationalising structural indicators. Read more in our thematic analysis: bit.ly/4nRAhrA @EP_fisheries #Research4Committees

The Atlantic menhaden fishery in the United States demonstrated how models of intermediate complexity can balance predator-prey trade-offs, leading to fishing mortality targets reduced by nearly 40% compared to single-species advice. bit.ly/4nRAhrA #Research4Committees

ERPs extend the scope of management to the ecosystem as a whole, in contrast to conventional single-species targets, such as the fishing mortality at maximum sustainable yield or the biomass below which the reproductive capacity of the🐟stock is impaired. bit.ly/4nRAhrA

Our briefing evaluates scientific approaches already developed in other regions, their relationship to existing biomass targets, and their operational feasibility in the Baltic Sea. bit.ly/4nRAhrA @EP_fisheries #Research4Committees

Our briefing examines how ecosystem reference points (ERPs) and complementary indicators of stock structure (size and age) can be integrated into EU fisheries management. 🐟 Read more: bit.ly/4nRAhrA @EP_fisheries #Research4Committees