EU Observer: EU fishing fleet gets up to €1.5bn tax break, despite emissions
A new report revealed on Monday (20 September) that the EU fishing fleet receives up to €1.5bn from tax breaks each year, despite emitting the same amount of CO2 as...
Politico Brussels Playbook: Fishy Tax Breaks
The EU’s fishing fleet receives a tax break of between €759 million and €1.5 billion a year from fuel tax subsidies, according to a report published today by the Our Fish campaign
Report: EU Fuel Tax Subsidies Worth €1.5 billion are Driving Climate Impacts & Overfishing
The EU fishing fleet receives a tax break of between €759 million and €1.5 billion from fuel tax subsidies each year, as well as producing nearly 7.3 million tons of...
‘Save the Ocean to Save the Climate’, Swimmers Tell Leaders in Marseille
Dozens of people dived into the Mediterranean Sea today during the IUCN World Conservation Congress to celebrate the power of the ocean to fight climate change, and to call on...
IPCC: Our Fish Calls on EU to End Overfishing in Response to Climate Crisis
“This latest IPCC report is the wake-up call to beat all wake-up calls. The EU must now take this as their go-button to deliver every climate action that they can,...
China Dialogue: Cold fish: the global cooling effect of ocean life
Fish contribute about 16% of the carbon that ultimately sinks into the ocean’s deeper layers. If fish are such a prominent carbon sink, a natural store lowering the concentration of...
Before Commissioner heads for beach, EU citizens provide him with demand to “Save the Ocean, Save the Climate, End Overfishing”
The Our Fish campaign presented a petition signed by EU citizens - and a colourful beach towel - to the European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius...