MEP letter to President von der Leyen asking that she make the new Green Deal blue
This is a letter from Members of the European Parliament, supported by Our Fish, regarding the central role of the ocean to a healthy planet, and the importance of including...
NGO Letter: transparency and accountability in setting the 2020 fishing opportunities
Letter signed by six NGOs, sent to to the EU Council, following the Ombudsman’s recommendations on fisheries transparency, asking the Council to implement these recommendations as a matter of urgency:
Joint NGO recommendations on the setting of Northeast Atlantic fishing opportunities for 2020
NGOs provide concrete policy proposals ahead of December Council on fishing limits or will be set for over 100 stocks in North Sea & Northeast Atlantic.
Ending Overfishing Can Mitigate Impacts of Climate Change
The goal of this paper is to review the current literature and conduct an analysis that demonstrate that ending overfishing and reducing other negative ecosystem effects of fishing would make...
Open letter from NGOS: Iberian sardine, a tale of poor management
The 12 environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) that sign this open letter have been closely following the developments of the management of the Iberian sardine stock (Sardina pilchardus) for almost a...
Joint NGO letter to the Commission highlighting concerns and recommendations about the implementation of the landing obligation
In this joint NGO letter to the Commission co-signed by ClientEarth, Seas At Risk, Fisheries Secretariat, Our Fish, Oceana, WWF and BirdWatch Ireland, we express our serious concerns about the...
Mismanagement of European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Sees Taxpayers’ Money Vanish into the Wrong Pockets
ClientEarth and Our Fish briefing for EMFF decision-makers in Denmark and other EU Member States, and how they should take stock of the lessons learnt from this case study on...