Behnan Thomas

Croatia steers Presidency of the EU Council despite coronavirus This article featured in EM 3 2020. Holding the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union is a challenging task at the best of times. Despite being a small country, holding the Presidency for the first time, and facing a Europe-wide health and economic crisis

This article featured in EUROFISH Magazine 3 2020. A project consortium with partners from Albania and Croatia intends to improve the skills of fishermen by developing a master’s degree in marine fisheries and by upgrading vocational training to provide Albanian fishermen with internationally recognized skills. The agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors are the main employers in Albania with a share of more than 40%. With regards to fisheries, Albania, as an EU candidate country, is obliged to conduct reforms before it can implement the EU Common Fisheries Policy. At the same time, there is a trend to expand the Albanian fishing fleet with more trawlers and purse seiners. Compared to other Mediterranean fishing fleets, however, Albania’s fleet is small, accounting for less than 1% of the total.

This article was featured in EUROFISH Magazine 3 / 2020. Some people only know octopods from seafood salads at the Greek restaurant, others from seafaring stories that describe how the animals use their strong fleshy suckers to pull ships down into the depths.

Significant potential to be realised This article was featured in EUROFISH Magazine 3 2020. Capture fisheries production in Kazakhstan comes from the waters of the Caspian and Aral Seas, Balkhash, Zaysan lakes, Bukhtarma, Kapshagai, Shardara reservoirs, Alakol system of lakes and other ponds with a total area of over three million hectares.

ALMARS is a three-year Erasmus+ capacity building project with a focus on Enhancing the Marine Fishery Industry in Albania. Coordinated by the University of Split, the project responds to the increased demand in skilled personnel in the fishing industry in Albania by opening a professional Master's Program in the field of marine fisheries.

May / June 2020 EM 3 Country profile: Croatia,…