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

Press Releases

Baltic Sea fish stocks remain in crisis – NGOs call for closures of herring and cod stocks

29 May 2020

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Press Releases

Scientists call for immediate EU action to protect dolphins and porpoises following NGO request

26 May 2020

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

General News

Setting the right safety net: A framework for fisheries support policies in response to Covid-19

26 May 2020

• Blue Manifesto
• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Press Releases

EU Biodiversity and Farm to Fork Strategies: Ocean recovery targets depend on more sustainable food produ…

20 May 2020

Today, the European Commission unveiled the Biodiversity Strategy 2030 and the Farm to Fork Strategy, two flagship policies of the European Green Deal. These strategies are the first test of the Commission’s commitment to turning the tide on environmental degradation and biodiversity collapse. Publishing...

• Aquaculture
• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use
• Rewilding the ocean

Member's News

The European Commission again overestimates fishing limits set at sustainable levels

13 May 2020

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Publications

NGOs voice concerns over lack of consideration for seafood production impacts in upcoming Farm-to-Fork Strategy

13 May 2020

• Aquaculture
• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use