Low impact fisheries Archives - Seas at Risk

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A fleet of fishing boats on the water with a sunset in the distance.

Press Releases

Fisheries Control Regulation: members of the EU Fisheries Control Coalition welcome new agreement

2 days ago

Publications

Blue Manifesto: 2022 Progress Assessment

30 May 2023

A harbour porpoise jumps out of the sea.

General News

Last chance to save Baltic harbour porpoises from bycatch

22 May 2023

A harbour porpoise tangled in an orange net is pulled out of the water

Publications

Bycatch mitigation for the Baltic Proper harbour porpoise: What to do if pingers are not an option?

22 May 2023

Two salmon filets sit unwrapped on a wooden cutting board. A hand and two carrots are in the background.

Publications

Sustainable Food Systems Law: Policy recommendations for a meaningful transition

25 April 2023

General News

Discarded, lost and abandoned fishing nets: Threatening clean oceans and biodiversity

5 April 2023

Photo shows a white bowl containing a seafood salad with sesame seeds atop. Wooden chopsticks lay beside the bowl on a white table.

General News

Food Policy Coalition 2024 Election Manifesto: The EU must take a new approach

4 April 2023

Publications

Our food, our health, our planet: Manifesto for the 2024 European Parliament elections

4 April 2023

Two dolphins swim at the ocean's surface.

General News

French government finally forced to close the fisheries in the Bay of Biscay to protect the dolphins

31 March 2023

Publications

Open letter from citizens and civil society: End the EU shark fin trade

24 March 2023

Map of Sylter Outer Reef area. Map shows the Sylter Outer Reef marine protected area in purple and area where bottom-towing fishing gear is banned. Map also shows in red where all fishing banned. Map produced by BUND (Friends of the Earth Germany), MPAs Europe and the Marine Conservation Society.

General News

Fisheries measures against bottom trawling and gillnets improve marine protection in German and Dutch marine protected areas

8 March 2023

fishing vessels with trawling nets on the open water

Press Releases

NGOs Call Out EU Commission on Conflicting Policies for Fishing Sector Decarbonisation

21 February 2023

Fishers boat

Press Releases

Sink or swim for EU seas: European Commission puts pressure on Member States to ban bottom trawling in new fisheries package

21 February 2023

Publications

286 organisations urge Commission President to stick to Sustainable Food System Law timeline

13 February 2023

Member's News

Seas At Risk’s membership grows in strength with The Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature as newest member

2 February 2023

Multimedia

Video: Destroying seagrass meadows hinders the ocean’s ability to mitigate climate change

30 January 2023

Multimedia

Video: Bottom trawling hinders the ocean’s ability to store carbon

18 January 2023

Close-up of wooden sculpture of woman's face

General News

Journey across Europe over, but the Voice of the Fish will echo on

12 January 2023