Press release
Today, on the occasion of the European Commission’s high-level conference on an energy transition initiative for EU fisheries, blue NGOs Oceana, ClientEarth and Our Fish are calling on the Commission...
Celebrities Expose Naked Truth of How Overfishing Continues in European Waters
Photo and video download Watch video tour of exhibition here Brussels, 6 June 2023:- Global celebrities, who have been photographed naked with fish, join NGOs today in calling on EU...
NGOs Call on Irish Ministers to Make Fisheries Management Central to Climate Action
Dublin, 11 May 2023:- NGOs today called for cross-departmental action from Ireland’s government to enable a transition to low impact, low emissions fisheries to deliver on commitments to halt biodiversity...
Our Fish today called for the EU to implement a key component of its Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), in order to secure a just and sustainable future for EU fishing...
Report shows that by cutting fuel subsidies, the EU could have instead generated between €653 million and €1.4 billion in annual revenue, and used it to pay the salaries of...
How Can Weak EU Marine Action Plans Jump Chasm from Rhetoric to Real Change?
“The ocean's ability to provide us with life support systems like food and carbon sequestration is under threat as a result of the increasingly severe impacts of overfishing, human-induced climate...
NGOs Call Out EU Commission on Conflicting Policies for Fishing Sector Decarbonisation
While the European Commission has just published the EU Action Plan: Energy transition of EU fisheries and aquaculture, NGOs criticised its lack of ambition, and the absence of concrete actions...
Our Fish Response to Leaked EU Action Plan
The European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius needs to jump the chasm between rhetoric and action: by fully implementing the Common Fisheries Policy, especially the provisions...
Annual EU Fisheries Ministers All-Nighter Again Fails to Protect Most Vulnerable Fish Stocks
Today, after a marathon meeting that ran all through the night, EU fisheries ministers have reached an agreement on the fishing opportunities for 2023. Although EU Member States have been...
AGRIFISH: EU Decision to Continue Overfishing Branded “Shameful”
Of quotas set for approximately 30 EU-only fish stocks, it appears that around 30% have been set above scientific advice for sustainable limits.
AGRIFISH: Will EU Leaders Make Peace With Nature By Ending Overfishing?
Our Fish campaign is calling on the EU to “make peace with nature” and to demonstrate leadership in ocean governance by setting fishing limits in line with scientific advice and...
Ending the Blame Game Carousel: 20 Years of EU, Norway and UK Overfishing
A new analysis of joint EU, Norwegian and UK fishing practices demonstrates how for the last 20 years, the EU, along with Norway and the UK, have consistently set annual...
Environmental NGOs this morning welcomed the decision of EU Fisheries Ministers to set Baltic fishing limits for 2021 in accordance with scientific advice for eight of ten fish populations in...
Heroic Herring: “Ocean Uprising” game released ahead of EU Fishing Negotiations
A heroic herring hero swims through the ocean, evading voracious cod, dolphins and massive industrial trawlers in “Ocean Uprising”, an online game released by the Our Fish campaign, ahead of...
A new paper, The Unintended Impact Of The European Discard Ban, has found that an increase in annual EU fishing quotas of up to 50% was applied to ‘support’ the...
In an unprecedented response to the recent decision by Ireland’s High Court to overturn the ban on fishing vessels larger than 18m from operating within six nautical miles of the...
EU and UK must ensure protection of deep-sea fish in Northeast Atlantic
Responding to the European Commission’s proposal for deep sea fishing limits for 2021-2022, published today, NGOs welcome the positive steps towards following scientific advice. However, the proposal does not go...
As EU States Haggle Over Fish Quotas, Can Commissioner Sinkevičius Save the Baltic?
As EU Fisheries Ministers gather today in Luxembourg to set fishing limits for the Baltic Sea in 2021, a series of messages to EU Commissioner Sinkevičius and Baltic state fisheries...