publications

Ireland Fish Carbon Briefing

If Ireland is to fulfil its climate and biodiversity commitments and obligations, and in doing so ensure viable fisheries in the future, it is essential to consider the long-term impacts...

Empowering EU Fisheries Policy to Restore Marine Health, Tackle Climate Change and Create Jobs

The report, authored Vertigo Lab and commissioned by the Our Fish campaign, Empowering EU Fisheries Policy to Restore Marine Health, Tackle Climate Change and Create Jobs, finds that “the reallocation...

Report: Better Use of Public Money: the End of Fuel Subsidies for the EU Fishing Industry

The EU fishing fleet is exempted from paying fuel taxes; these fuel-tax exemptions are indirect capacity-enhancing subsidies. High fuel prices and taxation can incentivise faster decarbonisation of industries, hence such...

New Paper: Fish are Carbon Engineers – COP27

We urgently need to protect the ocean carbon system so that fish and marine animals can continue to capture, sequester and store carbon. Ecosystem-based fisheries management can achieve this by...

Atlantic cod, Paulo Oliveira / Alamy Stock Photo

Letter: Civil Society Urges EU and UK to End Overfishing of Shared Stocks

Soon, the EU and the UK delegations will be back at the negotiation table to decide on the future of our fisheries in 2023, which will have consequences for years...

Joint NGO feedback to the European Commission on the Common Fisheries Policy’s state of play and orientations for 2023

On behalf of Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland e.V. (BUND), ClientEarth, Danmarks Naturfredningsforening, Deutsche Umwelthilfe, Ecologistas en Acción, The Fisheries Secretariat, France Nature Environnement, De Nederlandse Elasmobranchen Vereniging, Stichting...

Letter: Urgent meeting request on the EU Action Plan to conserve fisheries resources and protect marine ecosystems

Download PDF: Letter: Urgent meeting request on the EU Action Plan to conserve fisheries resources and protect marine ecosystems Attention: Director General, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Charlina Vitcheva Director General,...

Back to the Source: Saving Europe’s Biodiversity Starts in the Ocean

Briefing: Did the UK Throw Away 7,500 tonnes of North Sea Cod?

Briefing: Electric ‘Pulse’ Fishing: Why it Should be Banned

Briefing Paper: Ending Overfishing is Climate Action

Common Fisheries Policy: Mission Not Yet Accomplished

Covid-19 Blue Recovery – Setting the Right Safety Net: A Framework for Fisheries Support Policies in Response to Covid-19

Briefing Paper: Decarbonising the EU Fishing Fleet – Lessons from Today’s Shipping Industry

Ending Overfishing Can Mitigate Impacts of Climate Change

EU Farm to Fork Strategy – Our Fish submission

Fishy business: How the fishing industry gets first class treatment from the German Government

Input to the EU Fisheries Council Meeting, 17-18 December 2018

Joint NGO recommendations for 2019 total allowable catches for selected Northeast Atlantic and North Sea stocks, December 2018

Joint NGO recommendations on Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2022

Joint NGO recommendations on EU Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2021

Joint NGO recommendations on the setting of Northeast Atlantic fishing opportunities for 2020

NGO Letter: transparency and accountability in setting the 2020 fishing opportunities

NGO Shadow Action Plan: Realising the ambition of the EU Biodiversity Strategy in the ocean

Report: Climate Impacts & Fishing Industry Profits From EU Fuel Tax Subsidies

Science Briefing: EU fisheries management system likely to implode

Why Ministers must not exceed scientific advice on fishing quota

Letter to European Commissioner: Including Russian seafood and fishing vessels in upcoming EU sanctions

Now is the moment to call for global alignment in approaches to catch certificates, to ensure that illegal seafood does not reach our plates.

Briefing paper: Decarbonising the EU Fishing Fleet – Opportunities, Challenges and Critical Elements for a Necessary Transition

On the 14th of June 2022, we held a workshop during which experts presented the decarbonisation solutions available in the maritime sector, followed by a discussion with various stakeholders on...