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

Press Releases

Law to restore EU seas by 2030 edges one step closer to reality

27 February 2024

• Marine protected areas
• Rewilding the ocean

General News

Revised EU Control Regulation is finally law! What does it mean for fish populations and the incidental catches of sensitive species?

4 December 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas
• Ocean use

General News

EU leaders reach deal to #RestoreOcean! EU Nature Restoration Law gets greenlight

15 November 2023

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

Press Releases

Seas At Risk and Oceana urge Spain to create 50 marine sanctuaries to safeguard and restore key ecosystems

10 October 2023

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

Publications

50 civil society organisations call for renewables acceleration to be nature- and community-inclusive

9 October 2023

• Climate and ocean
• Marine protected areas
• Renewable energy at sea

Multimedia

Video: By taking important quantities of sea life out of the ocean, bottom trawling accelerates climate c…

5 October 2023

Each living organism in the ocean has its specific role in the carbon cycle. Large sea creatures like whales store a great amount of carbon; schools of small fish...

• Climate and ocean
• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas
• Ocean use

Publications

200 civil society organisations urge the EU to adopt a strong Nature Restoration Law

3 October 2023

• Marine protected areas
• Ocean use
• Rewilding the ocean

Multimedia

The Nature Restoration Law is back!

3 October 2023

• Climate and ocean
• Marine protected areas
• Ocean governance
• Rewilding the ocean

Publications

Explainer: Making restoration & fisheries go hand in hand

2 October 2023

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