Press Releases

NGOs welcome Danish ban of bottom trawling in 19% of its marine waters 

2 July 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

Press Releases

UNOC: EU’s environmental reputation in tatters as it fails marine protected areas on international stage

13 June 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

Press Releases

‘Protect the ocean, protect life!’: Ocean advocates make global call for action before UN Ocean Conference

7 June 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Marine protected areas
• Ocean governance

Press Releases

EU Ocean Pact Response: “Tentative steps forward but critical gaps must be addressed to protect our ocean”

5 June 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Ocean governance

General News

NGOs sign open letter to college of commissioners: The EU Must Show Leadership at UNOC3 through an Ambitious European Ocean Pact

22 May 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Ocean governance

Events

Seas At Risk @ UNOC-3

13 June 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Deep sea mining
• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas
• Ocean governance
• Ocean plastic pollution
• Renewable energy at sea
• Rewilding the ocean

Press Releases

EU Ocean Pact must confront destructive activities for the ocean, NGOs warn 

12 May 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Ocean governance

Press Releases

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

Press Releases

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

Press Releases

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

6 March 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Ocean governance

Press Releases

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

29 January 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Climate and ocean
• Decarbonising shipping

General News

High risks and false friends: Why Europe must say no to marine geo-engineering 

13 January 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Marine geoengineering
• Ocean use

Publications

High risks and false friends: Why Europe must say no to marine geo-engineering

13 January 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Marine geoengineering
• Ocean use

Multimedia

Launch Event: Blue Manifesto – the roadmap to a healthy ocean in 2030

10 October 2024

• Blue Manifesto

Press Releases

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

1 October 2024

• Blue Manifesto

Press Releases

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

Press Releases

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

18 July 2024

• Blue Manifesto
• Ocean governance

General News

Three actions the EU must take for the ocean and the people depending on it

18 October 2023

• Blue Manifesto
• Clean ocean
• Climate and ocean
• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean governance
• Ocean use