Briefing Paper: Ending Overfishing is Climate Action
Not only would ending overfishing fulfil existing commitments, it would also serve to increase the ocean's capacity to mitigate the effects of climate change, which is disrupting the physics, chemistry...
Letter: Urgent action needed to stop dolphin bycatch in the Bay of Biscay between January and April 2020
Letter to Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries European Commission. Last winter, more than 1,200 dead dolphins washed ashore along the French coastline alone. They had died...
Why Ministers must not exceed scientific advice on fishing quota
In 2013 there was a sea change in EU fisheries. Hundreds of diverse interest groups and millions of citizens asked EU lawmakers for an ambitious revision of the Common Fisheries...
Evidence of Continued Illegal and Unreported Fish Discarding in West Scotland Nephrops (Scampi) Trawl Fishery
This report concludes that fish continue being discarded by Nephrops trawlers operating on the West coast of Scotland. This is not only illegal based on the Landing Obligation; it also...
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.