Press Releases

EU ministers set quotas for Baltic herring that defy fisheries laws 

24 October 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Press Releases

Fisheries ministers poised to breach EU law and exacerbate Baltic ecosystem crisis, NGOs warn 

19 October 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

General News

Three actions the EU must take for the ocean and the people depending on it

18 October 2023

• Blue Manifesto
• Clean ocean
• Climate and ocean
• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean governance
• Ocean use

Publications

Ocean of Change: a joint Manifesto for the 2024 European Elections

18 October 2023

• Blue Manifesto
• Clean ocean
• Climate and ocean
• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use
• Rewilding the ocean

General News

Portuguese Parliament approves plans to hit pause on deep-sea mining

17 October 2023

• Deep sea mining
• Ocean use

General News

Ending overfishing to counter climate change

10 October 2023

• Climate and ocean
• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use
• Rewilding the ocean

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

NGO letter calling for the protection and restoration of the European eel in the Mediterranean

5 October 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• 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

General News

Time has come for Member States to phase-out bottom trawling and truly protect marine sensitive species

28 September 2023

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

Publications

Recommendations to the EU on the setting of fishing opportunities for 2024

19 September 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Publications

Open letter: call for publication of updated animal welfare legislative proposal within current political term.

13 September 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Publications

Open letter – The EU legislative framework for Sustainable Food Systems should be adopted before the end of this Commission’s mandate.

7 September 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

General News

Deep-sea mining moratorium takes centre stage at International Seabed Authority meetings 

2 August 2023

• Deep sea mining
• Ocean use

Press Releases

EU Fisheries Ministers refuse to end destructive fisheries

26 June 2023

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

Publications

Joint NGO recommendations on Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2024

21 June 2023

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Publications

Follow the Fish: Defending consumers’ right to know and choose what they eat

7 June 2023

• Aquaculture
• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Publications

Imagining a world without mining: Workshop facilitator’s guide

6 June 2023

• Clean ocean
• Deep sea mining
• Ocean use
• Systems change