World Ocean Day 2018: EU opportunity to make fish discarding history
On World Oceans Day 2018 Our Fish asks politicians across all EU countries, including fisheries ministers, to end overfishing and the waste of fish by supporting remote electronic monitoring, in...
Dutch Fishers Protest Against Their Own Practices
With slogans like 'give baby fish a chance', the fishermen actually protest against their own current practices. There is no significant difference in fish mortality, whether you throw the by-catch...
EU Eel Evaluation Roadmap: NGO submission
Evaluation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007 of 18 September 2007 establishing measures for the recovery of the stock of European eel. “We strongly support the upcoming evaluation and welcome...
Save Our Seas: 173,000+ EU Citizens Demand Action from EU Environment and Fisheries Ministers
Our Fish joined with Seas At Risk and WeMove.EU to deliver over 173,000 signatures to Environment Ministers meeting at the EU Council in Sofia.
European law: drama for fisherman or chance for sea life?
In recent weeks, fishing has often made the news in the Netherlands, with reports leaving the general audience Dutch fishermen are on the verge of collapse due to European regulations....
Letter from NGOs to Danish Fisheries Minister Karen Ellemann
The following letter was sent to Denmark’s Minister for Fisheries and Equal Opportunities and Minister for Nordic Cooperation on February 21st, 2018. Download PDF Version of NGO letter to Minister...
Our Fish Eye
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...