Undercurrent: EU cuts key Baltic fishing quotas; NGOs insist it’s too little
From Undercurrent, 16 October 2018: EU cuts key Baltic fishing quotas; NGOs insist it’s too little Some charities have criticized the limits for fisheries in the Baltic Sea set at a meeting...
Intrafish: EU increases Baltic cod quotas for 2019, slashes herring
Rebecca Hubbard, director for the activist group Our Fish, accused member states and the European Commission of “rubber stamping the continued overfishing of iconic and chronically unhealthy fish stocks.”
AFP: EU’s new Baltic fish catch quotas anger environmentalists
Rebecca Hubbard, director for the activist group Our Fish, accused member states and the European Commission of "rubber stamping the continued overfishing of iconic and chronically unhealthy fish stocks."
Euractiv: When will Denmark stop overfishing and start enforcing the rules?
Denmark has become the worst perpetrator of Baltic overfishing over the last years, putting in serious danger entire species, such as the Baltic’s iconic cod, warns Rebecca Hubbard.
Undercurrent: NGOs claim Baltic proposals ignore science on safe fishing levels
The European Commission (EC)'s latest proposals for fishing quotas in the Baltic Sea ignore scientific advice for some of the stocks, NGOs Our Fish and the Fisheries Secretariat (FishSec) have...
European Interest: Baltic fishing limits ‘still too far from safe’
Published on 4 September 2018 on European Interest: Baltic fishing limits ‘still too far from safe’ The European Commission is again choosing to propose fishing limits above what science says...
The Parliament: EU fisheries: Commission accused of lacking ambition
The attack comes as part of a public consultation exercise launched by the Commission on fishing opportunities for 2019, under the common fisheries policy (CFP). The aim of the exercise...