Press Releases

EU Ocean Week: New assessment finds Europe not on track to achieve a healthy ocean by 2030

28 September 2026

• Blue Manifesto
• Clean ocean
• Climate and ocean
• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas
• Ocean governance
• Rewilding the ocean

Press Releases

European Parliament ignores the reason why the Common Fisheries Policy is failing

17 September 2026

• Low impact fisheries

Publications

Ahead of the European Parliament vote: why the Common Fisheries Policy should be implemented, not reopene…

16 September 2026

Ahead of the European Parliament’s plenary vote tomorrow, on 17 September, on the resolution concerning the European Commission’s evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), environmental NGOs are calling...

• Low impact fisheries

Events

Ocean Week 2026

15 September 2026

• Clean ocean
• Climate and ocean
• Decarbonising shipping
• Deep sea mining
• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean governance
• Ocean plastic pollution

Publications

Can the EU fishing fleet be decarbonised without raising capacity ceilings?

7 September 2026

As the EU considers the future of its Common Fisheries Policy and the long-term direction of the fisheries sector, questions are being raised about whether existing fleet-capacity rules could...

• Low impact fisheries

Press Releases

EU fishing fleet can decarbonise within existing legal limits, new study finds

7 September 2026

A new study reveals that the EU fishing fleet can make an ambitious transition away from fossil fuels without increasing the existing ceiling on the capacity of the EU...

• Low impact fisheries

Press Releases

NGOs urge EU fisheries ministers to turn fragile progress into lasting recovery

25 August 2026

• Low impact fisheries

Events

Rethink Fisheries Day – Pathways for a Just Transition

30 September 2026

• Low impact fisheries

General News

The next EU budget: why fleet funding alone won’t secure the future of European fisheries

10 July 2026

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean governance

Publications

Joint Call to Action Launched to Secure the Future of Small-Scale Fisheries in Cyprus

20 May 2026

• Low impact fisheries

Press Releases

“End of Fish Day” in the EU falls on 19 May: Europe’s seafood consumption is increasingly detached from its own ecosystems

19 May 2026

• Low impact fisheries

Publications

Position paper: Less and Better – reshaping the EU seafood system

18 May 2026

• Low impact fisheries

Press Releases

Common Fisheries Policy evaluation: an incomplete journey that requires long-term political courage

30 April 2026

• Low impact fisheries

Publications

Open letter by NGOs to Cyprus EU Presidency: Upholding the common fisheries policy at the EU Fisheries Directors General and Attachés informal meeting in Cyprus

27 April 2026

• Low impact fisheries

General News

Common Fisheries Policy: Why implementation matters more than reform.

27 April 2026

• Low impact fisheries

General News

Mackerel: today’s mismanagement, tomorrow’s collapse?

8 April 2026

• Low impact fisheries

Press Releases

Tampering with EU Fisheries Policy would ‘open Pandora’s Box’, NGOs warn

30 March 2026

• Low impact fisheries

Multimedia

Video: Fishers support Marine Protected Areas and call for stronger implementation

30 March 2026

• Low impact fisheries