EU Council of Ministers Urged to Take Decisions to Counter Baltic Sea Fisheries Crisis
NGOs today called on EU Baltic state governments to adopt most of the Commission’s proposed measures - and to go a step further by putting a stop to overfishing of...
Scientists Launch Call to EU: Ending Overfishing Is Climate Action
More than 60 leading scientists sign statement calling for action by European Commission, European Parliament & EU member states to end overfishing.
Baltic Sea Fish Stocks Remain in Crisis – NGOs Call for Closures of Herring and Cod stocks
Responding to today's publication of annual scientific advice for EU fishing limits for 2021 in the Baltic Sea by ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea), which finds...
To Become a Global Ocean Leader, Germany Must End Overfishing
“Over the last 20 years the EU has overfished an abhorrent nine million tonnes of fish, and as the fifth worst for overfishing among EU Member States, Germany is far...
Report: 20 Years of EU Overfishing Proves Need for Blue Ambition in Green Deal
The New Economics Foundation and Our Fish campaign today called on the EU and its Member States to include ending overfishing in their climate laws, after a new study found...
Our Fish Taking Part in Webinar: Achieving Sustainability: The EU, Overfishing and MSY
On Tuesday April 21, former chair of the European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee, Chris Davies, will host the first in a virtual debate series focusing on the need for a European...
Widespread illegal and unreported fish discards by EU fleet exacerbates overfishing
Reacting to reports published by the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA), which document a high level of illegal and unreported discarding of fish by EU fleets in the North Sea...