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Ocean use

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

1 day ago

General News

Finland joins EU countries calling for a precautionary pause of deep-sea mining

1 day ago

Publications

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

24 March 2023

General News

EU Critical Raw Materials Regulation: A back door to deep-sea mining?

22 March 2023

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Multimedia

Video: Deep-sea mining event at European Parliament

17 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

General News

Deep-sea mining: An unsustainable risk not worth taking

7 March 2023

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General News

Spanish parliament throws support behind a ‘precautionary pause’ on deep-sea mining

22 February 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

Multimedia

Video: Marine ecosystems mitigating climate change should be protected, not bottom trawled

4 January 2023

Press Releases

All night fisheries negotiations yield poor results for most threatened fish in the EU

13 December 2022

Publications

Infographic: End Overfishing of Roundnose Grenadier

8 December 2022