On Monday 12 January, the European Commission announced the launch, three days earlier, of an EU-wide digital solution called RecFishing, designed to simplify and streamline data collection on recreational fishing catches in all EU marine areas.
From 10 January 2026, new measures under the EU Fisheries Control Regulation have come into force. They require recreational sea fishers to declare their catches electronically on a daily basis for certain species.
As part of this, 22 EU coastal...