Euractiv: EU Council follows Commission’s line, trims Baltic fishing quota
EU ministers have clinched a midnight deal in Luxembourg on the fishing quota limit in the Baltic Sea for 2020, following the Commission’s proposal to decrease the total allowable catches...
EU Fisheries Ministers Ignore EU Law and Nature’s Limits for Baltic Sea
Following news that the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH) has today set five out of ten fishing limits for fish caught in the Baltic Sea far above the EU...
AGRIFISH: Will Denmark Break EU Legal Deadline to End Overfishing?
As EU Fisheries Ministers gather today to set quotas for Baltic fish catches, the Our Fish campaign called for the European Commission and EU Baltic member state Denmark to reverse...
Baltic Fishing Decline Clear Evidence of Decades of Irresponsible Fisheries Management
Fisheries ministers and industry have used short-term socio-economic arguments year after year to achieve higher fishing quotas than researchers recommend. The report shows in black and white that this strategy...
Over 50 NGOs Call on EU Leaders to Protect Ocean as Climate Action
As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) launches today in Monaco, 52 non-governmental organisations have written to...
VoxEurope: Ending Overfishing in Northern Europe: A fishy game
The North Sea is no exception to the overfishing spree across Europe. As discussions are ongoing between Norway and the EU, scientists issue their latest warning on collapsing cod stocks....
Ending overfishing could increase ocean resilience, report says
A new report commissioned by the advocacy group Our Fish suggests that ending overfishing will help the oceans weather the effects of climate change. Overfishing is weakening the oceans' ability...