João Aguiar Machado: If You Plan to Turn the Tide, Be Fearless About It
Our Fish Programme Director Rebecca Hubbard writes: "By ending overfishing EU Commission Director-General of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries João Aguiar Machado can restore marine biodiversity and build resilience against the...
Are the EU and Norway overfishing in the public interest?
Every year the EU and Norway meet to discuss how much fish they can catch in each others waters. There is sound scientific advice about how much this should be,...
WHY is the EU Commission Stalling on Ending Overfishing?
The European Commission has replied, seeking to assure us - and you - that they are making progress towards ending overfishing. They say that an increase from 56 to 59...
Tackle Climate Change, Start With Ending Overfishing
Michael Creed may claim that to demand TACs in-line with scientific advice is politically too difficult. But just as Simon Coveney and other leaders made tough decisions in agreeing to...
Video: Poseidon Asks the EU To End Its Addiction To Overfishing
The God of the sea, Poseidon, and his Minister of the Ocean arrived in Brussels to deliver 350,000 signatures from EU citizens calling for an end to overfishing. When they...
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,...
Video: Time to Face the Music: Our Fish Delivers #EndOverfishing message with a Brass Band
In November 2018, Our Fish paid a visit to Bergen, Norway, where a meeting between the EU and Norway to negotiate on joint fish stocks was underway. Fisheries industry representatives...