Letter to Commissioner Sinkevičius on Misleading Statement Regarding Sustainability of EU Fishing
On Monday 10 May, a European Commission representative attending the Fisheries Committee meeting in the European Parliament made a misleading statement about the sustainability of fish available for sale in...
NGO Shadow Action Plan: Realising the ambition of the EU Biodiversity Strategy in the ocean
The European Commission is developing an Action Plan to make fisheries more sustainable, and protect marine ecosystems and their biodiversity, as a key part of its European Green Deal and Biodiversity...
Back to the Source: Saving Europe’s Biodiversity Starts in the Ocean
These are turbulent times. One million species are at risk of extinction and the ecosystems supporting our lives are on the verge of breaking down; we are embroiled in the...
Ending the Blame Game Carousel: 20 Years of EU, Norway and UK Overfishing
Agreed TACs compared to ICES scientific advice in the EU-Norway Agreement Briefing by Our Fish, contributing author Griffin Carpenter This study analyses the total allowable catches (TACs) agreed between the...
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...