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

Multimedia

Poor stock conditions in the Mediterranean – video testimonial of small-scale, low-impact fishers.

16 March 2026

• Low impact fisheries

General News

Over 50 NGOs urge EU to put ocean health at the heart of next long-term budget

27 February 2026

• Blue Manifesto
• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean governance

Publications

Voices from the Mediterranean: Small-Scale Fishers’ Experiences with the EU Common Fisheries Policy

26 February 2026

• Low impact fisheries

Press Releases

Mediterranean small-scale, low-impact fishers “barely breathing” as EU law designed to restore fish stocks is ignored

26 February 2026

• Low impact fisheries