The biodiversity and climate crises and the need to rebuild the EU’s economy go hand in hand. There is no reason not to invest in a green future for the...
The joint paper Setting the right safety net: A framework for fisheries support policies in response to Covid-19 and the 2-page Executive Summary, list ten principles that should be applied...
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...
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.
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...
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 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...
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...
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...