Press Releases

NGOs welcome Danish ban of bottom trawling in 19% of its marine waters 

2 July 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

Press Releases

UNOC: EU’s environmental reputation in tatters as it fails marine protected areas on international stage

13 June 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

Press Releases

‘Protect the ocean, protect life!’: Ocean advocates make global call for action before UN Ocean Conference

7 June 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Marine protected areas
• Ocean governance

Events

Seas At Risk @ UNOC-3

13 June 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Deep sea mining
• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas
• Ocean governance
• Ocean plastic pollution
• Renewable energy at sea
• Rewilding the ocean

Press Releases

Over a quarter of a million Europeans urge the EU to end bottom trawling in marine protected areas

13 May 2025

• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

Press Releases

NGOs join forces to demand a ban on destructive fishing in protected areas, and reveal bottom trawling’s economic toll

25 March 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

Press Releases

Multiple EU countries are failing to stop destructive fishing in Protected Areas, analysis finds, as several face legal action

20 March 2025

• Marine protected areas
• Rewilding the ocean

Press Releases

As EU Ocean Days conclude, civil society, fishers, and the scientific community call on Commissioner Kadis to affirm that bottom trawling has no place in marine protected areas

10 March 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

Press Releases

Ocean advocates launch ‘Protect Our Catch’, a European campaign, urging the EU to end destructive fishing such as bottom trawling in marine protected areas

5 February 2025

• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

Press Releases

Sweden sets an example for EU countries with first steps to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas

22 January 2025

• Marine protected areas
• Rewilding the ocean

Press Releases

Netherlands faces court as pressure to end bottom trawling in marine protected areas mounts

9 January 2025

• Marine protected areas
• Rewilding the ocean

Press Releases

New German legal action begins over lack of marine ecosystem protection

18 November 2024

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

Press Releases

Most EU citizens want political leaders to prioritise ocean protection and to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas, new polls reveal

25 June 2024

• Marine protected areas
• Rewilding the ocean

Publications

Public attitudes towards ocean protection and fishing practices in the EU

25 June 2024

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

Multimedia

Video: Urge the EU Commission to Ban Destructive Fishing in Protected Waters!

16 April 2024

• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

Press Releases

EU-wide campaign launched to end destructive fishing in Europe’s protected waters: 90% of ‘protected’ waters still targeted

16 April 2024

• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

Publications

Report: A quantification of bottom towed fishing activity in marine Natura 2000 sites

16 April 2024

• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

Press Releases

EU countries not on track to meet international marine protection targets, warn NGOs

26 March 2024

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