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Wind propulsion key to cut costs and carbon in shipping, shows new report

27 March 2025

  As the International Maritime Organization (IMO) prepares to meet in London from 31 March to 11 April to finalise measures for its greenhouse gas (GHG) strategy, a new...

• Climate and ocean
• Decarbonising shipping

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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

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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

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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

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Report uncovers serious failure to protect EU Seas – NGOs call for full use of Marine Directive

6 March 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Ocean governance

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Commission’s Clean Industrial Deal overlooks true circularity, missing key opportunity for effective decarbonisation 

26 February 2025

• Climate and ocean
• Decarbonising shipping
• Renewable energy at sea

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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

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NGOs welcome Denmark’s new proposal to ban destructive bottom trawling in key areas – and urge the EU for stronger action

4 February 2025

• Rewilding the ocean

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The ocean must not be the loser in the EU’s competitiveness race

29 January 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Climate and ocean
• Decarbonising shipping

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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

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

9 January 2025

• Marine protected areas
• Rewilding the ocean

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Rethink Plastic alliance assesses Single-Use Plastics Directive implementation ahead of Commission evaluation

18 December 2024

• Clean ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution

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Regulation on plastic pellet pollution: Council adopts its General Approach

17 December 2024

• Clean ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution

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Fisheries Council: Ministers still ignore science pushing some fish populations on the brink of collapse

11 December 2024

• Low impact fisheries

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New German legal action begins over lack of marine ecosystem protection

18 November 2024

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

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Short-sighted decision by EU fisheries ministers pushes Baltic Sea ecosystem closer to collapse

22 October 2024

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

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Shipping Climate Goals at Risk as IMO Fails to Take Improved Energy Efficiency Seriously Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and Japan must steer clear of slowing process

4 October 2024

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140 organisations call on new EU leadership to prioritise ocean health with new fund and ban on destructive activities

1 October 2024

• Blue Manifesto