EU Commission sends formal warning to Denmark for failing to properly control fisheries
Environmental organizations ClientEarth and Our Fish welcomed a decision by the European Commission to follow-up on infringement proceedings against Denmark for failing to properly control fishing practices, and illegal misreporting...
Euronews: Landing Obligation Comes into Force
Rebecca Hubbard, Program Director of Our Fish, speaks to Euronews on the EU landing obligation to end wasteful discarding of fish in EU fisheries, January 1st, 2019
Politiken: Miljøgruppe: EU svigter løfte om at stoppe rovdrift på fisk
Politiken: Miljøgruppe: EU svigter løfte om at stoppe rovdrift på fisk Udmeldingen skuffer Our Fish. »2019 skulle have været året, hvor fiskekvoterne endelig kom på linje med forskernes anbefalinger,...
The Guardian: EU fishing quotas pose risk to some stocks, say campaigner
Fiona Harvey, in The Guardian, 19 December 2018: EU fishing quotas pose risk to some stocks, say campaigners – Ministers setting limits for 2019 accused of ignoring scientific advice on overfishing...
Independent, UK: New European fishing quotas ‘disregard science and law’, environmental lawyers say
Ministers ‘ignoring scientific evidence’ and haggling over fishing quotas ‘like kids trading football cards’, say campaigners Campaigners have described the levels as “very modest progress”, and said the council was...
Undercurrent: EU agrees 2019 quotas as Brexit, landing obligation loom on horizon
This should have been the year in which fishing quotas finally followed scientific advice, and EU fisheries ministers made history by ending overfishing in EU waters. Instead, we saw another...
Euronews: Our Fish Program Director Rebecca Hubbard on EU Overfishing
Our Fish Program Director Rebecca Hubbard interviewed on Morning Europe, Euronews, by Méabh McMahon on outcomes of December AGRIFISH Council Meeting in Brussels, and the continued EU overfishing.