EU and UK must ensure protection of deep-sea fish in Northeast Atlantic
Responding to the European Commission’s proposal for deep sea fishing limits for 2021-2022, published today, NGOs welcome the positive steps towards following scientific advice. However, the proposal does not go...
NGOs Welcome EU Fisheries Ministers Setting More Baltic Fishing Limits In Line with Science – But Ecological Crisis Not Averted
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...Agrifish Luxembourg 2020 photographs
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As EU States Haggle Over Fish Quotas, Can Commissioner Sinkevičius Save the Baltic?
As EU Fisheries Ministers gather today in Luxembourg to set fishing limits for the Baltic Sea in 2021, a series of messages to EU Commissioner Sinkevičius and Baltic state fisheries...
Minister McConalogue Must Take Steps to Reinstate Ban on Trawlers in Coastal Waters to Ensure Ireland’s Sustainable Fisheries
Responding to the news that Ireland’s High Court has overturned the ban on vessels larger than 18m from operating within the country’s six nautical mile inshore waters, Birdwatch Ireland and...
Irish Examiner: Overfishing of oceans is unsustainable
Pádraig Hoare, Irish Examiner, Monday, September 28, 2020 – 06:30 AM The oceans are vast, and the bounty is plentiful — at least, that is the perception of fishing among...
Politico: Morning Energy and Climate Europe: Saving Fish
Saving fish: A group of 300 scientists today called on the EU to end overfishing in the bloc’s waters and respect scientific advice when setting fishing quotas for 2021. One...