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...
Welcome to Our Fish Eye!
Welcome to Our Fish Eye, broadcasting from Brussels, where EU fisheries ministers are meeting to negotiate Atlantic and North Sea quotas for 2018 - and coming under increasing pressure to...
Why are Mediterranean Fisheries Failing, while Atlantic Fishing Improves?
The dire state of Mediterranean fisheries has been chronicled by innumerable researchers for many years. It is now reaching a tipping point, with almost half of its sharks and...
Adriatic Test Case: Is MedFish4Ever all talk and no fish?
Within Europe’s most degraded sea, the Mediterranean, lies the Adriatic, and at the centre of the Adriatic Sea lies the Jabuka, or Pomo Pit – a place of superlatives...
World Oceans Day: Let’s Have Reasons to Celebrate the Mediterranean
Today is World Oceans Day. Recently, there’s been much to celebrate throughout our oceans - such as the creation of massive marine protected areas. But some of our oceans, and...