EU fisheries ‘under strain’ as conflict and costs bite, warns Commissioner Kadis

Published connected 30/03/2026 - 9:39 GMT+2•Updated 9:43

Europe’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors are facing increasing strain from geopolitical tensions and rising costs, EU fisheries main Costas Kadis has warned.

Speaking connected Europe Today, Kadis said urgent enactment is needed to support the manufacture competitive. “The challenges are mounting,” helium said, pointing to the interaction of Middle East struggle connected seafood markets, proviso chains and coastal communities.

The much pressing concern, helium said, is economical unit connected the sector. Some operators person already unopen down owed to bladed margins and soaring substance prices.

“They were hardly profitable before. Now they simply can’t sorb the other costs,” helium said.

The European Commission is considering short-term enactment via the bloc’s maritime backing tools, akin to measures introduced aft Russia’s penetration of Ukraine.

Kadis warned of increasing anxiousness among EU governments arsenic costs emergence and markets stay volatile. “There’s existent nervousness crossed the sector,” helium said.

He urged a coordinated EU effect and faster advancement connected vigor modulation to trim vulnerability to aboriginal shocks.

“We request a agreed European attack to enactment the sector—and we indispensable velocity up the displacement distant from vigor dependence,” helium said, adding that semipermanent resilience depends connected cutting vulnerability to outer crises.

Cyprus ‘back to normal’ aft Iran drone hit

Addressing caller information concerns successful Cyprus linked to the Iran conflict, Kadis said the concern had stabilised.

“Things are improving. There person been nary further incidents since the archetypal attack, and beingness is returning to normal,” helium said.

Some EU Council presidency events were postponed during the unrest, but Kadis expects concern to resume arsenic accustomed from April.

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