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,...
EURACTIV Agrifood Brief: Fishy business
y, 2021, a European Commission representative attending the Fisheries Committee meeting in the European Parliament made a misleading statement about the sustainability of fish available for sale in the EU....
The Guardian: NGOs demand action not promises as EU accused of ‘failing to protect seas’
Environmental groups propose urgent plan to stop overfishing and safeguard marine life, as existing laws go unenforced
EU Reporter: EU, Norway and UK can deliver on leaders’ pledge for nature this week by ending overfishing
As officials from the EU, Norway and the UK meet virtually this week to negotiate fishing limits for shared fish populations in 2021, the Our Fish campaign today called on...