General News

Commission shows some progress towards ending overfishing in the North-East Atlantic, but EU-UK negotiations will be the litmus test

27 October 2020

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Press Releases

France fails to prevent thousands of dolphin deaths, challenging law and science

23 October 2020

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Press Releases

EU and UK must ensure protection of deep-sea fish in Northeast Atlantic

22 October 2020

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Press Releases

NGOs welcome EU Fisheries Ministers setting more Baltic fishing limits in line with science, but ecological crisis not averted

20 October 2020

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Press Releases

New report reveals how EU subsidies are driving overfishing

23 September 2020

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Publications

Report: Ending “Temporary Cessation” for Good – How an EU Subsidy is Driving Overfishing

23 September 2020

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Press Releases

Vote in European Parliament’s ENVI Committee marks first step to securing a more transparent seafood supply chain in EU

11 September 2020

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Multimedia

Let’s protect #OurBlueLung​!

21 August 2020

• Clean ocean
• Climate and ocean
• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean plastic pollution
• Ocean use
• Rewilding the ocean

Press Releases

EU Council of Ministers urged to take decisions to counter Baltic Sea crisis

1 August 2020

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Publications

Recommendations for deep-sea fishing limits 2021-2022

29 July 2020

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Publications

How subsidy mismanagement is threatening EU fisheries

16 July 2020

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Press Releases

Report: Harmful EU subsidies fuelling ocean depletion

16 July 2020

A new report released today by Brussels-based NGO Seas at Risk highlights the financing of both harmful fishing practices and potential increased overcapacity – leading to overfishing and...

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Press Releases

Commission takes legal action against France, Spain and Sweden to protect marine mammals

2 July 2020

The European Commission has demanded today that France, Spain and Sweden take immediate action to prevent the needless deaths of dolphins and porpoises killed every year as bycatch in fishing nets....

• Low impact fisheries
• Rewilding the ocean

Publications

Joint NGO recommendations on Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2021

10 June 2020

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Press Releases

Deep sea remains in deep trouble

10 June 2020

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Publications

RISE UP – a blue call to action

7 June 2020

• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas
• Ocean use
• Rewilding the ocean

General News

A green and blue recovery for EU seas

5 June 2020

• Clean ocean
• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean governance
• Ocean use

Publications

Turning the Tide on EU Seas with a Green Recovery

5 June 2020

• Clean ocean
• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean plastic pollution
• Ocean use