New Report Shows Ending EU Overfishing and Protection of Privacy Achievable With Remote Electronic Monitoring
A report published today, Legal Opinion on Video Monitoring on Fishing Vessels with Special Focus on Other Comparable Cases, shows that the use of video monitoring, or Remote Electronic Monitoring...
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 letter to the European Commissioner in charge of Environment Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, urging him to implement emergency...
Raining Fish: Cheeky Animation Highlights Waste of Fish
People go about their daily life in the bustling city; then the fish start falling. First one by one, then a deluge - a busker, a policemen, customers queuing for...
Report: EU Countries Allow Hauls of 300,000 Tonnes More Atlantic Fish Than Scientists Advise
With just eleven months until the EU’s self-imposed deadline to end overfishing, the Our Fish campaign today called on EU fisheries ministers to stop acting on behalf of a few...
New roadmap targets responsible sourcing improvements in Spanish seafood industry
A coalition of environmental organisations have today launched a roadmap for the Spanish seafood industry to increase responsible sourcing in its supply chain.
Commission sends formal warning to Denmark for failing to properly control fisheries
Environmental organisations ClientEarth and Our Fish have welcomed a decision by the European Commission to follow up on infringement proceedings against Denmark for failing to properly control fishing practices, and...
EU fisheries ministers fail to make history, by agreeing to continue overfishing
The Our Fish campaign today slammed EU fisheries ministers for failing to end decades of overfishing during the AGRIFISH December Council meeting, after it closed at three o’clock this morning....
Ireland: Michael Creed Misses Out On Making History By Continuing To Overfish
As the annual AGRIFISH December Council meeting closed this morning in Brussels, Irish campaigners are accusing EU fisheries ministers for agreeing to continue their decades long tradition of overfishing.