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SUSTAIN HOOK: participation of FIP Blues and presentation of the Swordfish and blue shark culinary corpus at the Spain Gastronomy Conference 2025.S

This event was born with the mission to redefine gastronomy in a global context where food is no longer just a matter of pleasure, but a key factor in health, sustainability, culture and economy. In this sense, on 28 March from 12:00 to 13:00h, representatives of FIP...

FIP BLUES, WE CONTINUE OUR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FISHING.

To achieve its objectives, FIP BLUES carries out actions such as training fishermen and workers in the sector, creating good practice guides, and collaborating with research and management bodies to assess and monitor fishery resources. It also works to inform...

Progress at the 24th Special Meeting of ICCAT: New Measures for the Spanish Longline Fleet.Avanc

Progress at the 24th Special Meeting of ICCAT: New Measures for the Spanish Longline Fleet. During this session, important measures involving the Spanish surface longline fleet, one of the most important in Europe in terms of swordfish and blue shark catches, were...

FIP BLUES, an initiative committed to sustainable fishing

FIP BLUES is a fishery improvement project, an initiative committed to the sustainability of fisheries, focusing on responsible practices to ensure the conservation of species such as swordfish and blue sharks.

Presentation of the Swordfish and Blue Shark Culinary Corpus Culinario in Vigo

The organizations of surface longline producers, OPP-7 Burela, OPROMAR, ORPAGU and OPNAPA present the Corpus Culinario del Pez Espada and the Corpus Culinario de la Tintorera; two books that cover the gastronomic culture in its complete chain, gathering the...

FIP Blues meets with the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge

In November 2022 and within the framework of the Plenary of the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, the inclusion of Tintorera (Prionace glauca) in Appendix II of the aforementioned Convention was approved, which implies, as of 25 November of this...

The surface longline fleet presents its FIP BLUES sustainability project at the European Parliament

The FIP BLUES fishing improvement project starts in 2019 with the aim of improving the environmental sustainability of the surface longline fishery. Made up of the Burela Fishing Producers Organisation (OPP BURELA), the Organisation of Longliners (ORPAGU), the...

FIP BLUES WELCOMES THE “BBNJ AGREEMENT”

On 5 March 2023, the United Nations (UN) approved an agreement of international importance to protect biodiversity in waters beyond national jurisdiction, the so-called "BBNJ" (Biodiversity of areas Beyond National Jurisdiction). The overall objective is to protect...

Ends the “ordeal” that prevented the longliners from selling the mako shark they were allowed to catch

For the 115 affected surface longliners, the nonsense that prevented them from selling the shortfin mako that they could catch has been an “ordeal”. Quite a mess, because the European Union (EU) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food allowed them to fish...

The fishing organizations report the inaction of the central government with the mako

Shipowners and industry suffer millionaire losses due to the inaction of the Spanish Government with the mako. • Representatives of the organizations OPP-7 Burela, Opnapa, Opromar and Orpagu offered a press conference this morning in Santiago to describe the calvary...