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

Publications

50 civil society organisations call for renewables acceleration to be nature- and community-inclusive

9 October 2023

• Climate and ocean
• Marine protected areas
• Renewable energy at sea

Multimedia

Video: By taking important quantities of sea life out of the ocean, bottom trawling accelerates climate c…

5 October 2023

Each living organism in the ocean has its specific role in the carbon cycle. Large sea creatures like whales store a great amount of carbon; schools of small fish...

• Climate and ocean
• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas
• Ocean use

Publications

NGO letter calling for the protection and restoration of the European eel in the Mediterranean

5 October 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Publications

200 civil society organisations urge the EU to adopt a strong Nature Restoration Law

3 October 2023

• Marine protected areas
• Ocean use
• Rewilding the ocean

Multimedia

The Nature Restoration Law is back!

3 October 2023

• Climate and ocean
• Marine protected areas
• Ocean governance
• Rewilding the ocean

Publications

Explainer: Making restoration & fisheries go hand in hand

2 October 2023

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

General News

Time has come for Member States to phase-out bottom trawling and truly protect marine sensitive species

28 September 2023

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

General News

Shipping must change to stay on course

28 September 2023

• Clean ocean
• Decarbonising shipping

Press Releases

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

Publications

Open Letter to Commissioner Sinkevičius to discuss balancing the Nature Restoration Law and the Common Fisheries Policy

26 September 2023

• Climate and ocean
• Marine protected areas
• Rewilding the ocean

Publications

Recommendations to the EU on the setting of fishing opportunities for 2024

19 September 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Publications

Open letter: call for publication of updated animal welfare legislative proposal within current political term.

13 September 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Publications

Open letter – The EU legislative framework for Sustainable Food Systems should be adopted before the end of this Commission’s mandate.

7 September 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

General News

Deep-sea mining moratorium takes centre stage at International Seabed Authority meetings 

2 August 2023

• Deep sea mining
• Ocean use

Publications

Urgent Need for Legislative Proposal to Prevent Microplastics Unintentionally Released into the Environment

20 July 2023

• Clean ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution

Publications

A Turning Point: The Critical Raw Material Act’s needs for a Social and Just Green Transition

13 July 2023

Press Releases

European Parliament adopts law on nature restoration: Despite low ambition, hope remains for ocean restoration

12 July 2023

• Climate and ocean
• Marine protected areas
• Ocean governance