Independent: UK vessels illegally threw away 7,500 tons of cod in North Sea, campaigners say
Cod fishing vessels have been accused of illegally dumping thousands of tons of fish into the North Sea in a bid to sidestep strict new European rules.Official data collected by...
EU Reporter: More garbage caught than cod: NGOs call for emergency measures to protect Eastern Baltic Cod
EU Reporter 22 February 2019: More garbage caught than cod: NGOs call for emergency measures to protect Eastern Baltic Cod NGOs in the Baltic Sea Region have sent an urgent...
Undercurrent: NGOs call for six-month moratorium on fishing Baltic cod
Three NGOs in the Baltic Sea region have sent a letter to the European Commissioner of maritime affairs and fisheries, Karmenu Vella, requesting that emergency measures be taken to protect...
Undercurrent: Report puts UK, Sweden at top of ‘overfishing league table’
Sweden and the UK have topped a table summarizing the countries which plan to exceed scientific advice in their 2019 fishing quotas, according to a report by New Economics Foundation...
Greennews: Ireland one of worst in Europe for overfishing, report finds
Ireland has the third highest rate of overfishing in Europe with quotas coming in at more than 20 per cent above scientific advice, a new EU-wide report has found....
Undercurrent: House of Lords: UK unprepared for landing obligation
The UK government has failed to deliver one of its most popularly supported policies to end overfishing and restore ocean health, by letting the landing obligation slip into existence over...
Irish Examiner: Ireland drops to third on excessive fishing shame list
Ireland has dropped from first to third place on an annual, overfishing “shame” list
Hét Visblad: Strijd Tegen Overbevissing
Yolanthe Sneijder-Cabau, Tygo Gernandt, Anna Drijver, Rutger Hauer, Bert Kuizenga, Gijs Scholten van Aschat, Benja Bruijning en Lola Brood gingen eind vorig jaar uit de kleren en met een dode...