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...
Ireland: Unprecedented Collaboration As Fishing and Environmental Groups Call on Minister McConalogue to Reinstate Inshore Fishing Ban
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...
NGOs Welcome EU Fisheries Ministers Setting More Baltic Fishing Limits In Line with Science – But Ecological Crisis Not Averted
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...
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...
Minister McConalogue Must Take Steps to Reinstate Ban on Trawlers in Coastal Waters to Ensure Ireland’s Sustainable Fisheries
Responding to the news that Ireland’s High Court has overturned the ban on vessels larger than 18m from operating within the country’s six nautical mile inshore waters, Birdwatch Ireland and...
End Overfishing: 300 Scientists Urge EU To Protect Ocean Health As Climate Action
“End overfishing” - that’s the message delivered to EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius this week, as part of a statement signed by more than 300...