Letter to EU Commissioner Karmenu Vella: Maintaining the EU ban on subsidies for the construction of new fishing vessels

In a letter submitted today (18 September 2018) to Karmenu Vella and Cecilia Malmström, 40 environmental organisations call for the European Commission to uphold the current State Aid Guidelines to...

18/09/2018

Submission to The European Commission Consultation Regarding Fishing Opportunities For 2019

Our Fish Submission to The European Commission Consultation Regarding Fishing Opportunities For 2019

21/08/2018

#EndOverfishing: Commissioner Vella writes back to Global Ocean Leaders

EU Fisheries Commissioner Karmenu Vella has written back to the nine global ocean leaders who called on him to end overfishing in EU waters.

20/06/2018

Briefing: Electric ‘Pulse’ Fishing: Why it Should be Banned

Europe needs to decide on a ‘Frankenstein’ case, a problem we have entirely created for ourselves: electric ‘pulse’ fishing’. Electric fishing, which is forbidden in most fishing nations in the...

10/01/2018

Thrown Away: How Illegal Discarding in the Baltic Sea is Failing EU Fisheries and Citizens

  Discard levels vary throughout EU fisheries, ranging from 1%, to over 60% of the catch. Considered a major problem, particularly in mixed fisheries, discarding threatens endangered species, wastes resources,...

13/11/2017

Submission To The European Commission Consultation Regarding Fishing Opportunities For 2018

  This document details Our Fish comments on the European Commission’s communication regarding fishing opportunities for 2018. Our Fish believes the European Commission has an important role in upholding both...

05/09/2017

How Denmark Can Make Fisheries Fair and Sustainable

Download How Denmark Can Make Fisheries Fair and Sustainable (pdf)

29/08/2017

Germany’s Blind Spot for Sustainable Fisheries

Download Germany’s blind-spot for sustainable fisheries (pdf)

28/08/2017

Assessing the Implications of the Landing Obligation on MSC Certified Fisheries in Europe

  Assessing the Implications of the Landing Obligation on MSC Certified Fisheries in Europe Blyth-Skyrme, R. & L.Borges, A report for Funding Fish, August 2016 The discard ban (or Landing...

29/08/2016