The Guardian: EU ministers opt to continue overfishing, despite 2020 deadline
“They’re just not getting it,” said Rebecca Hubbard, programme director at Our Fish. “Demonstrating a shocking ignorance of the global biodiversity and climate crisis, the EU council of fisheries ministers...
Euronews: Shona Murray talk to Rebecca Hubbard of Our Fish
As the EU AGRIFISH Council meeting closed in Brussels this morning following all-night negotiations, the Our Fish campaign blasted EU fisheries ministers for not only failing to meet their own...
Euronews: Ending overfishing is climate action
Ocean Avengers Demand EU Prime Ministers End Overfishing. Poseidon, god of the sea, Captain Science, Climate X, Citizen Fish and Lady Justice arrive in Brussels to ask EU Prime Ministers...
Euronews View: Depleted fish stocks can’t wait. The EU and Norway need to commit to ending overfishing now
EU-Norway consultations consistently result in agreements to continue overfishing. This is in no small part due to a bewilderingly flawed approach: by assuming the scientific advice for maximum sustainable catches...
Undercurrent: NGOs claim evidence shows ongoing illegal discards in Scotland
Seafood campaign groups Our Fish and Open Seas have called for urgent measures to stop illegal discarding of juvenile and vulnerable fish species to allow dwindling fish stocks to recover.
Undercurrent: EU must ‘make Green deal blue’, honor overfishing targets, NGO insists
The NGO OurFish has demanded that the EU honors its pledge to end overfishing by 2020 in response to the EU Council's adoption of the Conclusions on Oceans and Seas...
Rebecca Hubbard: How EU decisions affect fish, the ocean and life on earth
With fish populations coming under severe pressure from both climate change and overfishing, the question arises – by ending one problem, can the other be alleviated? And can we do...