Depleted fish stocks can’t wait. The EU and Norway need to commit to ending overfishing now
When EU fisheries ministers set annual fishing limits for 2020 on 16 and 17 December, they must deliver on international and EU obligations to end overfishing.
Video: State of the Stocks
Our European seas and coastal fishermen using low impact fishing gear are paying the unfair price for decades of overfishing and political prioritisation of short term financial interests of destructive...
How EU decisions affect fish, the ocean and life on earth
With fish populations coming under severe pressure from both climate change and overfishing, the question arises – by ending one problem, can the other be alleviated? And can we do...
Missed our Webinar “Ending Overfishing Is Opportunity to Combat Climate Crisis “? Catch up with this video
Missed our webinar Climate action and overfishing, with Dr Rashid Sumaila on September 2nd? Catch up here! Working Paper: Ending Overfishing Can Mitigate Impacts of Climate Change Press release: Ending...
Video #EndOverfishing Don’t Greenwash It
By 2020 EU Fisheries Ministers must ensure that all fishing in #EU waters becomes sustainable. With less than one year to go to the deadline, is the EU on track?...
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,...