Media coverage

The Parliament:To help fight climate change, Europe needs to end overfishing

Fish are proven carbon engineers. By ending overfishing, Europe would have a better chance at mitigating global warming

Media Coverage of Our Fish – Fishlove Photo Exhibition in Brussels

Check out videos and articles about our recent events in Brussels!

Reuters Context: “Fuel subsidies for EU fishing vessels must end now”

As the ocean’s health deteriorates, Europe’s Green Deal must stop fishing’s fuel subsidies and protect marine ecosystems

Isabella Lövin on Fisheries Management: EU needs to act on the science to preserve oceans – EU Observer

In the coming months, the European Commission will publish an action plan described in the EU's 2020 Biodiversity Strategy and an expected evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy. These need...

UNFCCC- UN Climate Change: Plenty of Fish? by Rebecca Hubbard

Overfishing – when more fish are caught than can be replaced through natural reproduction – is one of the biggest issues marine ecosystems face today. This can happen either directly,...

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...

The Guardian: Europe’s fishing industry to battle with conservationists over bottom trawling

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”.

EU Subsidies are Fuelling climate Change

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...