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Time to Cut Through the Rhetoric By Protecting the Ocean’s Carbon Engineers
By working with the European Commission and member state governments, civil society must cut through the thick layers of rhetoric to deliver for the ocean, its engineers, fisheries and communities....
Fish are Carbon Engineers – Sending the Message to COP27 & the EU
Every fish that swims through the ocean is a carbon engineer. Our Fish has taken this idea to the EU & COP27 to plant it in policymaker's brains.
3,400 Europeans Sign Artwork Calling On European Commissioners to Save the Ocean and Climate
On Monday, the European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius received a framed picture by acclaimed Spanish street artists Boa Mistura, signed by over 3,400 EU citizens,...
A giant colourful pop-up book depicting the devastation caused by destructive bottom trawling - and how the marine environment thrives in its absence - was delivered to European Union (EU)...
Stunning Mural Delivers Ocean & Climate Action Message in European Commissioner’s Hometown
Our Fish today presented a stunning mural, “Heartbeat of the Ocean”, painted on a nine-floor apartment building in Vilnius, Lithuania by the world-renowned team of Spanish artists Boa Mistura, to...
Globally Acclaimed Artists Boa Mistura Begin Ocean-Climate-Action Mural in Vilnius, Lithuania
The world-renowned team of Spanish artists Boa Mistura is this week creating a reminder of how important healthy oceans are to our wellbeing, by creating a huge mural in Vilnius,...
We are three scientists from different life backgrounds and professional pathways: female and male; Latin-American, African and Anglo heritage; student researcher, doctor and professor; biogeochemist, marine biologist, and economist. But...
‘Save the Ocean to Save the Climate’: Activists Take Icy Dip near Glasgow During COP26 Climate Talks
A band of hardy activists from Our Fish - and our friends - took to the waters of North-East Atlantic Ocean at Ardrossan beach, near Glasgow this morning, calling for...
COP26: Save the Ocean to Save the Climate
The ocean must be fully integrated into the climate process. The ocean regulates our climate and buffers us from the full force of climate change by absorbing over 90% of...
COP27 Side Event: Fish are Carbon Engineers
Fish, like whales and plankton, are keystones of the ocean’s biological pump, the system constantly at work capturing and storing excess carbon from the atmosphere. Fisheries Management can help to...
Join Us: Mysterious Pyramid Puzzle at the European Parliament
We will have a large puzzle outside the European Parliament for MEPs and other passersby to figure out - and to help grow understanding of the crucial role of fish...
Workshop: Decarbonising the EU Fishing Sector
Watch this recording of our workshop, which explores how the EU can decarbonise the fishing industry. The speakers include experts sharing the latest research and progress in maritime decarbonisation, while...
COP26 Event: Save the Ocean to Save the Climate – Blue Carbon Breakfast Briefing (Video)
Join our Blue Carbon Breakfast Briefing during COP26 for an introduction to the role our seas play in addressing the climate crisis and what more should be done to manage...
Dive into Climate Action Swim – Marseille, September 4, 2021
Dive into Climate Action with an Ocean Swim, 08:00 Saturday, 4th September, Plage du Prado, Marseille, France during the IUCN World Conservation Congress.
Symposium: Delivering on Climate & Biodiversity Targets Through Better Fisheries Management
Join Our Fish for virtual symposium (22-25 Mar) on how ending overfishing is critical for realising EU response to biodiversity and climate emergency.
Webinar Recording: Fishing for Solutions to the Climate Crisis?
In this webinar, Our Fish welcomed Dr Karina von Schuckmann, Mercator Ocean International and IPCC Special Report on the Ocean Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) author and Professor Rashid...
Scientist videos: Ending Overfishing is Climate Action
More than 300 scientists have signed a statement calling for action by the European Commission, European Parliament and EU member states to end overfishing “as an urgent and necessary response...
As EU Fisheries Ministers gather today in Brussels to set fishing levels for the North East Atlantic for 2020, 13-year-old Farrah Delrue and 10-year-old Josephine Seton - representing current and...
Video: Ocean Avengers Message to EU Leaders – Ending Overfishing IS Climate Action!
Responding to an urgent appeal from EU Citizens, five Ocean Avengers – lead by Poseidon, God of the Sea, swooped on Brussels to deliver an urgent ultimatum to heads of...
Video: Staying Up All Night To Get Fish (Quota)
Each December, fisheries ministers from all over the EU get together in Brussels to haggle over annual fishing limits for the Atlantic and North Sea. They arrive at the meeting,...
