Press Releases

Over a quarter of a million Europeans urge the EU to end bottom trawling in marine protected areas

13 May 2025

• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

Press Releases

NGOs join forces to demand a ban on destructive fishing in protected areas, and reveal bottom trawling’s economic toll

25 March 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

Press Releases

Multiple EU countries are failing to stop destructive fishing in Protected Areas, analysis finds, as several face legal action

20 March 2025

• Marine protected areas
• Rewilding the ocean

Press Releases

As EU Ocean Days conclude, civil society, fishers, and the scientific community call on Commissioner Kadis to affirm that bottom trawling has no place in marine protected areas

10 March 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

Press Releases

Ocean advocates launch ‘Protect Our Catch’, a European campaign, urging the EU to end destructive fishing such as bottom trawling in marine protected areas

5 February 2025

• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

Press Releases

Sweden sets an example for EU countries with first steps to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas

22 January 2025

• Marine protected areas
• Rewilding the ocean

Press Releases

Netherlands faces court as pressure to end bottom trawling in marine protected areas mounts

9 January 2025

• Marine protected areas
• Rewilding the ocean

Press Releases

New German legal action begins over lack of marine ecosystem protection

18 November 2024

• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas
• Rewilding the ocean

Press Releases

Most EU citizens want political leaders to prioritise ocean protection and to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas, new polls reveal

25 June 2024

• Marine protected areas
• Rewilding the ocean

Publications

Public attitudes towards ocean protection and fishing practices in the EU

25 June 2024

• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas
• Rewilding the ocean

Multimedia

Video: Urge the EU Commission to Ban Destructive Fishing in Protected Waters!

16 April 2024

• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

Press Releases

EU-wide campaign launched to end destructive fishing in Europe’s protected waters: 90% of ‘protected’ waters still targeted

16 April 2024

• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

Publications

Report: A quantification of bottom towed fishing activity in marine Natura 2000 sites

16 April 2024

• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

Press Releases

EU countries not on track to meet international marine protection targets, warn NGOs

26 March 2024

• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas
• Rewilding the ocean

Press Releases

Law to restore EU seas by 2030 edges one step closer to reality

27 February 2024

• Marine protected areas
• Rewilding the ocean

General News

Revised EU Control Regulation is finally law! What does it mean for fish populations and the incidental catches of sensitive species?

4 December 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas
• Ocean use

General News

EU leaders reach deal to #RestoreOcean! EU Nature Restoration Law gets greenlight

15 November 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas
• Rewilding the ocean

Press Releases

Seas At Risk and Oceana urge Spain to create 50 marine sanctuaries to safeguard and restore key ecosystems

10 October 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas
• Rewilding the ocean