Events

World Ocean Summit: Ocean health and the sustainable ocean economy

5 February 2024

Publications

Joint NGO Statement: We need real solutions and real emission reductions

1 February 2024

Publications

Sustainable Resource Management in the EU: White paper for an EU within planetary boundaries

31 January 2024

• Clean ocean
• Climate and ocean
• Decarbonising shipping
• Deep sea mining
• Renewable energy at sea
• Systems change

Press Releases

The Ups and Downs of Parliament’s Fisheries Verdict

18 January 2024

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Member's News

Open letter to the Members of the European Parliament: Plastic pellet crisis exposes weakness in proposed EU regulation

16 January 2024

• Clean ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution

Publications

A Year to End Marine Litter (2024 Seas At Risk Calendar)

15 January 2024

• Climate and ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution

Press Releases

European Parliament at risk of backpedaling on marine protection ambition

11 January 2024

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

General News

Norway’s deep-sea mining approval spurs global outcry 

10 January 2024

• Deep sea mining
• Ocean use

Publications

EU Regulation on preventing plastic pellet losses needs mandatory requirements for all operators to reduce microplastic pollution

12 December 2023

• Clean ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution

Press Releases

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

12 December 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

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

Publications

Open letter to UN bodies and leaders to involve small-scale fishers and local communities in environmental related decisions.

24 November 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

General News

The Black Friday frenzy – The journey behind the shipping industry and how we allowed it to get this far

24 November 2023

• Climate and ocean
• Decarbonising shipping
• Ocean plastic pollution

General News

Plastics lobby threatens progress at global plastics treaty negotiations in Nairobi 

21 November 2023

• Clean ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution

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

Publications

NGO Letter: The EU must get certification schemes right for critical raw materials

14 November 2023

• Deep sea mining

General News

European concerns mount over Norway’s deep-sea mining plans amid ongoing International Seabed Authority negotiations 

10 November 2023

• Clean ocean
• Deep sea mining
• Ocean noise pollution

Publications

Civil society calling for ambitious EU position in Global Plastics Treaty negotiations

7 November 2023

• Clean ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution