Embracing Sustainable Fishing A Must To Guarantee Industry’s Future Stability: Report
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 sustainable fishing industry.
The report, How the EU can Transition to Low Environmental Impact, Low Carbon, Socially Just Fishing , outlines how Article 17 can play a crucial role in ending overfishing in EU waters and address the issues of biodiversity and climate change.
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Rebecca Hubbard, programme director with Our Fish, noted that “using quotas provides an opportunity to incentivise change” within the CFP, and pointed to a recent successful implementation of Article 17 by the French courts as an example of the change that can be enacted.
Learn more:
- The Parliament:To help fight climate change, Europe needs to end overfishing
- Media Coverage of Our Fish – Fishlove Photo Exhibition in Brussels
- Reuters Context: “Fuel subsidies for EU fishing vessels must end now”
- Isabella Lövin on Fisheries Management: EU needs to act on the science to preserve oceans – EU Observer