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Today, on the occasion of the European Commission’s high-level conference on an energy transition initiative for EU fisheries, blue NGOs Oceana, ClientEarth and Our Fish are calling on the Commission...
Celebrities Expose Naked Truth of How Overfishing Continues in European Waters
Photo and video download Watch video tour of exhibition here Brussels, 6 June 2023:- Global celebrities, who have been photographed naked with fish, join NGOs today in calling on EU...
NGOs Call on Irish Ministers to Make Fisheries Management Central to Climate Action
Dublin, 11 May 2023:- NGOs today called for cross-departmental action from Ireland’s government to enable a transition to low impact, low emissions fisheries to deliver on commitments to halt biodiversity...
The Parliament:To help fight climate change, Europe needs to end overfishing
Fish are proven carbon engineers. By ending overfishing, Europe would have a better chance at mitigating global warming
Media Coverage of Our Fish – Fishlove Photo Exhibition in Brussels
Check out videos and articles about our recent events in Brussels!
Reuters Context: “Fuel subsidies for EU fishing vessels must end now”
As the ocean’s health deteriorates, Europe’s Green Deal must stop fishing’s fuel subsidies and protect marine ecosystems
Our Fish today called for the EU to implement a key component of its Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), in order to secure a just and sustainable future for EU fishing...
Report shows that by cutting fuel subsidies, the EU could have instead generated between €653 million and €1.4 billion in annual revenue, and used it to pay the salaries of...
How Can Weak EU Marine Action Plans Jump Chasm from Rhetoric to Real Change?
“The ocean's ability to provide us with life support systems like food and carbon sequestration is under threat as a result of the increasingly severe impacts of overfishing, human-induced climate...
NGOs Call Out EU Commission on Conflicting Policies for Fishing Sector Decarbonisation
While the European Commission has just published the EU Action Plan: Energy transition of EU fisheries and aquaculture, NGOs criticised its lack of ambition, and the absence of concrete actions...
Our Fish Response to Leaked EU Action Plan
The European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius needs to jump the chasm between rhetoric and action: by fully implementing the Common Fisheries Policy, especially the provisions...
Annual EU Fisheries Ministers All-Nighter Again Fails to Protect Most Vulnerable Fish Stocks
Today, after a marathon meeting that ran all through the night, EU fisheries ministers have reached an agreement on the fishing opportunities for 2023. Although EU Member States have been...
AGRIFISH: EU Decision to Continue Overfishing Branded “Shameful”
Of quotas set for approximately 30 EU-only fish stocks, it appears that around 30% have been set above scientific advice for sustainable limits.
AGRIFISH: Will EU Leaders Make Peace With Nature By Ending Overfishing?
Our Fish campaign is calling on the EU to “make peace with nature” and to demonstrate leadership in ocean governance by setting fishing limits in line with scientific advice and...
Ending the Blame Game Carousel: 20 Years of EU, Norway and UK Overfishing
A new analysis of joint EU, Norwegian and UK fishing practices demonstrates how for the last 20 years, the EU, along with Norway and the UK, have consistently set annual...
Environmental NGOs this morning welcomed the decision of EU Fisheries Ministers to set Baltic fishing limits for 2021 in accordance with scientific advice for eight of ten fish populations in...
In the coming months, the European Commission will publish an action plan described in the EU's 2020 Biodiversity Strategy and an expected evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy. These need...
UNFCCC- UN Climate Change: Plenty of Fish? by Rebecca Hubbard
Overfishing – when more fish are caught than can be replaced through natural reproduction – is one of the biggest issues marine ecosystems face today. This can happen either directly,...
A report published by the Our Fish campaign and Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) has urged the EU to implement Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) to allow for a more...
