Undercurrent: NGO outcry as latest EU report shows little improvement in ending overfishing
Environmental NGOs have decried a new European Commission report, claiming it shows species such as sardine, hake, and cod could suffer commercial extinctions in European waters in the short term.
Undercurrent: Eastern Baltic cod stock on brink of collapse, report finds
Undercurrent, April 12, 2019: A report published last week by the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) has found that the Eastern Baltic cod population has reached...
Eastern Baltic cod stock has collapsed – NGOs call to immediately close fishing of Eastern Baltic cod
Following publication of ICES report, NGOs call on fisheries ministers of all EU Baltic member states to immediately close the Eastern Baltic cod fishery.
NGOs raise red flag: end overfishing now or miss legal deadline!
Environmental organisations all over Europe join forces in responding with great concern to a newly released report from the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF).
Iberian environmental organizations again call for measures to ensure recovery of the Iberian sardine
NGOs emphasize that the Iberian sardine stock, of great socioeconomic importance forseveral Portuguese and Spanish fleets, is, according to the scientific institutions that study it, in sharpdecline for some decades...
Herald Scotland: Accusations of fishy business in UK cod catches as small fish vanish from statistics
The campaign group Our Fish said it was unbelievable that, according to official data, zero tonnes of unwanted fish were landed by the UK fleet between January and mid-November.
Independent: UK vessels illegally threw away 7,500 tons of cod in North Sea, campaigners say
Cod fishing vessels have been accused of illegally dumping thousands of tons of fish into the North Sea in a bid to sidestep strict new European rules.Official data collected by...