Staying Up All Night to Get Quota
The Our Fish team is in Brussels, where EU fisheries ministers are gathering to decide on fishing levels for over 120 species from the North Sea and Atlantic. In previous years, quotas have been set far higher than is recommended by fisheries scientists.
On Wednesday morning, when minister stumble, bleary-eyed, out of all night negotiations, will they have chose the path of sustainability, or continued down the road of destructive overfishing? Our Fish Eye is here to find out – keep checking this page, where we will be adding live video and news updates and trying to find out just what goes on behind the closed doors of the EU fisheries council.
End Overfishing – projection of artwork by Vincent Glowinski aka Bonom on a building in Brussels, calling for EU fisheries ministers to end overfishing in European waters. EU fisheries ministers are in Brussels to negotiate fishing limits for over 120 of North Sea and Atlantic fish – in previous years, quotas have been set far beyond scientific advice.
Press Release
Our Fish Press Reaction on #AGRIFISH: EU Fisheries Ministers Show Unsurprising Lack of Ambition to #EndOverfishing https://t.co/lOf2RLESg3 #oceans #cfpreality pic.twitter.com/8yq5KqDteR
— Our.Fish (@our_fish) December 13, 2017
Blog
The EU must lead by example and end overfishing at home: https://t.co/w4YBXiZgIN @OceanUnite @our_fish pic.twitter.com/PgDizgVC0S
— Virgin (@Virgin) December 11, 2017
Periscope
So, did the 2 day, 2 night marathon meeting of @eucouncil #agrifish #endoverfishing of EU fish stocks?! https://t.co/dVjsLfx5hO
— Bec Hubbard (@Bec_Hubbard) December 13, 2017
midnight madness of EU #agrifish council meeting taking a power nap... @EUCouncil https://t.co/nDRbsDl3ZU
— Our.Fish (@our_fish) December 12, 2017
Podcast
EU Council Negotiations Drive Us Crazy!
Conversation between Brian O’Riordan, Deputy Director at Low Impact Fishers Europe & Rebecca Hubbard, Programme Director for Our Fish. #endoverfishingOur Fish TV
Periscope Broadcasts:
Update from @Bec_Hubbard on day 2 of #agrifish meeting in Brussels. Will #eu ministers #endoverfishing today? https://t.co/Re0wgNNw2Z
— Our.Fish (@our_fish) December 12, 2017
— Our.Fish (@our_fish) December 11, 2017
Our Fish Twitter
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Tweets
A ghostly fish flickers in the snowy #Bruxelles night. Will #EU #Agrifish ministers #endoverfishing, or will European #fish stocks just become be a digital memory? #CFPReality #Bonom pic.twitter.com/dZm9WTHq1x
— Our.Fish (@our_fish) December 11, 2017
.@undercur: Celebrities pose naked to #endoverfishing in European waters https://t.co/1ya8QmfAPx #CPRreality #Agrifish #fish #seafood "98.4% of the European eel population is already GONE" #savetheeel @Florencesahara pic.twitter.com/M2p5mmBf4N
— Our.Fish (@our_fish) December 11, 2017
The European eel will become extinct if European Ministers don't back a ban on eel fishing in EU sea waters. Please sign here NOW to help #EndOverfishing ⬇️ https://t.co/lAxpFYa3Hn
— Gillian Anderson (@GillianA) December 12, 2017