Concerns over lack of consideration for harmful impacts of seafood production in Farm-to-Fork Strategy
Seas At Risk, Birdlife, ClientEarth and Our Fish would like to express our serious concerns about the lack of consideration, in the current draft of the Farm to Fork Strategy...
EU Farm to Fork Strategy – Our Fish submission
There will be no “sustainable” EU seafood until the EU ends overfishing. This a no-brainer for the provision of healthy food and the only way to deliver for dependent communities.
UPDATED: Joint NGO priorities on the revision of the EU Fisheries Control System
This document presents NGO priorities on the June 2018 revision of the EU Fisheries Control System, and calls on decision-makers to ensure full compliance with the landing obligation; Adapt the...
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...