Science Briefing: EU fisheries management system likely to implode
A new paper, The Unintended Impact Of The European Discard Ban by Dr Lisa Borges has found that an increase in fishing quotas of up to 50% was applied to...
Joint statement in relation to the High Court Judicial Review on restrictions on trawling activity inside the 6nm limit
Responding to news that Ireland’s High Court has found that the ban on vessels larger than 18m from operating within the country’s six nautical mile inshore waters was void and...
Open NGO Letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: for Europe’s Green Deal to be delivered, DG Environment must be properly resourced and empowered
Download: Open NGO Letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: for Europe’s Green Deal to be delivered, DG Environment must be properly resourced and empowered OPEN LETTER...
Joint NGO Reply to the Commission on the state of progress in implementing the CFP through the setting of fishing opportunities
On behalf of The Pew Charitable Trusts, Oceana, ClientEarth, Seas At Risk, FishSec and Our Fish, we present our response to the 2020 European Commission’s consultation on the progress of...
NGO Recommendations for deep-sea fishing limits 2021-2022
Scientists indicate that deep sea fish populations in the EU are either depleted or lacking information to assess their status. NGOs urge European decision-makers to set fishing limits for highly...
Fishy business: How the fishing industry gets first class treatment from the German Government
It is the German Government’s fate to take over the EU Presidency during a global pandemic, an unprecedented economic collapse, and at a time when action to tackle the climate...
Joint NGO recommendations on EU Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2021
In October 2020, EU fisheries ministers will agree on fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2021. As the deadline to end overfishing by 2020 at the latest as legally...