Reaction: Why is the EU Pursuing Embarrassment Instead of Sustainable Fisheries Management?
Brussels, 25 April 2018:- Responding to findings published in the newly published STECF (Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries) report on progress towards implementation of the reformed Common Fisheries...
Save Our Seas: 172,120 EU Citizens Deliver Demand to Environment and Fisheries Ministers
Sofia, Bulgaria, 10 April 2018:- As the Council of EU Environment Ministers meeting opens today in Sofia, 172,120 signatures from EU citizens calling for the EU to protect our...
Deutsche Welle: ‘Fishing the last fish’: Is the EU doing enough to protect fisheries?
Article – ‘Fishing the last fish’: Is the EU doing enough to protect fisheries? by Lars Bevanger, Deutsche Welle, 22 February 2018: Campaigners say EU politicians under pressure from industry routinely...
Letter from NGOs to Danish Fisheries Minister Karen Ellemann
The following letter was sent to Denmark’s Minister for Fisheries and Equal Opportunities and Minister for Nordic Cooperation on February 21st, 2018. Download PDF Version of NGO letter to Minister...
France 24/AFP: Defying Brussels, EU parliament calls for ban on electric pulse fishing
January 16, 2018: Defying Brussels, EU parliament calls for ban on electric pulse fishing The European Parliament called Tuesday for a ban on electric pulse fishing in the European Union, defying...
The Times, UK: Trawlers Head for ban on shock fishing
The Times, UK, January 17, 2018: Trawlers head for ban on shock fishing by Ben Webster. MEPs voted by 402 votes to 232 yesterday for a total ban on “pulse fishing”, which...
Respaldo del PE a una prohibición definitiva de la pesca eléctrica
January 17th 2018: Respaldo del PE a una prohibición definitiva de la pesca eléctrica El Parlamento Europeo (PE) ha apoyado las reivindicaciones de las organizaciones ecologistas y ha pedido la prohibición...
Guardian: European parliament to decide future of pulse fishing
By Fiona Harvey in the Guardian, January 16th, 2018: Rebecca Hubbard, programme director of Our Fish, one of a group of conservation groups lobbying for the EU pulse fishing ban...