IPCC Report: EU Must End Dangerous, Radical Funding of Fossil Fuels for Fishing Industry
“For the EU this means fuel tax subsidies that perpetuate the most polluting and ocean-destructive fishing fleets must be ceased immediately, and a rapid transition to low-impact, low-carbon fishing must...
AGRIFISH: EU Must Seize Opportunity to End Fishing Sector Fossil Fuel Addiction
21 March, 2022: NGOs are calling for a rigorous plan to decarbonise the fishing sector and for the EU to stick to its commitments under the Green Deal, ahead of...
3,400 Europeans Sign Artwork Calling On European Commissioners to Save the Ocean and Climate
The European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius received a framed picture by acclaimed Spanish street artists Boa Mistura, signed by over 3,400 EU citizens, who are...
Call for Ambitious Revision of EU Fisheries Control Regulation to Protect Biodiversity and Climate
As the “One Ocean Summit”, organised under the French EU Presidency takes place in Brest (9-11 February), more than 20 non-profit organisations today called on the European Parliament, the European...
Spanish Street Artists Call For Ocean Action from EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
A collective of Madrid-based street artists have published an open letter to EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius calling on him to take the lead in...
More than 150,000 Europeans call on EU to ban bottom-trawling to protect ocean and climate
A giant colourful pop-up book depicting the devastation caused by destructive bottom trawling - and how the marine environment thrives in its absence - was delivered to European Union (EU)...
AGRIFISH: EU Fisheries Ministers to Proudly Keep on Overfishing in 2022
European Fisheries Ministers, gathered in Brussels to set fishing limits for fish populations in EU seas for 2022, this morning decided to continue overfishing of over one third of stocks,...