Video: Press Briefing on Saving Europe’s Biodiversity Starts in the Ocean – Report launch & response to EU Parliament Draft Report
Media briefing held on January 14, 2021, by NGOs, followed by a Q/A session, to announce publication of a joint paper detailing 10 recommended EU actions on marine biodiversity in...
EU, Norway and UK Can Deliver on Leaders Pledge for Nature This Week by Ending Overfishing
As officials from the EU, Norway and the UK meet virtually this week to negotiate the fishing limits for shared fish populations in 2021, the Our Fish campaign today called...
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...
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...
Blue Implosion – How EU Failure To Enforce Fish Discard Ban Could Drive Fisheries Management System To Collapse
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...