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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

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New report: Fisheries for a New Era – Small-scale, low-impact fishing shows the way.

1 October 2024

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

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The Maritime Industry Urged to Adopt Wind Technology to Meet IMO Decarbonisation Targets; a Levy on Polluting Shipping Fuels Will Accelerate Adoption

23 September 2024

• Decarbonising shipping

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One Planet Shipping report provides blueprint for clean shipping as decarbonisation deadline looms

19 September 2024

• Climate and ocean
• Decarbonising shipping

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European NGOs Criticise Draghi Report’s Outdated and Misguided Promotion of Deep-Sea Mining 

17 September 2024

• Clean ocean
• Deep sea mining

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Von der Leyen’s Mission Letter to new EU Commissioner-Designate for the Ocean sparks concerns that Ocean health may only exist on paper

17 September 2024

• Blue Manifesto
• Clean ocean

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A majority of polled Europeans oppose deep-sea mining

29 July 2024

• Deep sea mining

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Seas At Risk welcomes President-designate von der Leyen’s commitment to an Ocean Pact

18 July 2024

• Blue Manifesto
• Ocean governance

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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

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Europe’s role in deep-sea mining unveiled in new report

7 May 2024

• Deep sea mining
• Ocean use

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European Parliament votes in favour of plastic pellet pollution-free Europe

23 April 2024

• Clean ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution