AGRIFISH: EU Must Seize Opportunity to End Fishing Sector Fossil Fuel Addiction
21 March, 2022: NGOs are calling for a rigorous plan to decarbonise the fishing sector and for the EU to stick to its commitments under the Green Deal, ahead of...
NGOs urge European Parliament to push for full implementation of Common Fisheries Policy
Ahead of the European Parliament’s public hearing on the implementation and future perspectives of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) on March 17, NGOs are calling on EU institutions and Member...
3,400 Europeans Sign Artwork Calling On European Commissioners to Save the Ocean and Climate
The European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius received a framed picture by acclaimed Spanish street artists Boa Mistura, signed by over 3,400 EU citizens, who are...
The Guardian: Europe’s fishing industry to battle with conservationists over bottom trawling
Rebecca Hubbard, programme director of the Our Fish campaign group, described the new industry offensive as “a desperate greenwashing initiative in defence of the indefensible”.
Call for Ambitious Revision of EU Fisheries Control Regulation to Protect Biodiversity and Climate
As the “One Ocean Summit”, organised under the French EU Presidency takes place in Brest (9-11 February), more than 20 non-profit organisations today called on the European Parliament, the European...
Spanish Street Artists Call For Ocean Action from EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
A collective of Madrid-based street artists have published an open letter to EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius calling on him to take the lead in...
More than 150,000 Europeans call on EU to ban bottom-trawling to protect ocean and climate
A giant colourful pop-up book depicting the devastation caused by destructive bottom trawling - and how the marine environment thrives in its absence - was delivered to European Union (EU)...