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”.
European Supermarket Magazine: Embracing Sustainable Fishing A Must To Guarantee Industry’s Future Stability: Report
A report published by the Our Fish campaign and Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) has urged the EU to implement Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) to allow for a more...
Euronews: Report says subsidies up to €1.5 billion paid to fishing industry are fuelling climate change
Our Fish Programme Director Rebecca Hubbard speaks to Bryan Carter, Euronews, about the campaigns's new report which shows that EU Fuel Tax Subsidies Worth €1.5 billion are Driving Climate Impacts...
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
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...
Undercurrent: NGOs pull up EU commissioner over sustainability claims
On May 12, several NGOs -- including Oceana, ClientEarth, Seas At Risk, Dutch Elasmobranch Society, Sciaena, and Birdwatch Ireland -- sent a letter to Virginijus Sinkevicius, European Commissioner for Environment,...