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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

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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

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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

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ENVI Committee takes a positive stance against plastic pellet pollution, but there is still room for improvement

19 March 2024

• Clean ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution

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Civil society calls on EU to provide leadership at UN on urgent short-term shipping climate action

18 March 2024

• Clean ocean
• Decarbonising shipping

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

27 February 2024

• Marine protected areas
• Rewilding the ocean

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Plastic production pellets: In Ecaussinnes, MEPs take a bitter look at chronic pollution

23 February 2024

• Clean ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution

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New report: Commission and EU Countries to draw from existing realities to boost fair and eco-friendly fishing allocations

19 February 2024

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

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European Parliament responds to Norway’s decision to open the Arctic to deep-sea mining by calling for a global moratorium on the industry

7 February 2024

• Deep sea mining

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The Ups and Downs of Parliament’s Fisheries Verdict

18 January 2024

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

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European Parliament at risk of backpedaling on marine protection ambition

11 January 2024

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

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Sustainable fisheries is still utopia, amid climate breakdown and depleted fish populations

12 December 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

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EU ministers set quotas for Baltic herring that defy fisheries laws 

24 October 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

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Fisheries ministers poised to breach EU law and exacerbate Baltic ecosystem crisis, NGOs warn 

19 October 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

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Rethink Plastic alliance welcomes proposal on pellet pollution, but urges Commission to also tackle the other major sources of microplastics pollution

16 October 2023

• Clean ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution

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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

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EU Nature Restoration Law will lack teeth if it fails to address fisheries impacts

28 September 2023

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