Publications

Joint letter to European Commissioner Costas Kadis on the EU Fisheries Control Regulation

17 February 2026

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean governance
• Rewilding the ocean

Multimedia

The EU has the tools to fight illegal fishing – over to Member States to use them

17 February 2026

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean governance
• Rewilding the ocean

Multimedia

The EU is poised to ramp up its fight against hidden overfishing – will it?

17 February 2026

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean governance
• Rewilding the ocean

Publications

Ocean Act position paper: Europe’s Ocean Regulation

9 February 2026

• Blue Manifesto
• Clean ocean
• Climate and ocean
• Ocean governance
• Ocean use
• Rewilding the ocean

Publications

Briefing: Implementing the EU Nature Restoration Regulation at sea – Guidance for policy-makers and civil society

16 December 2025

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

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

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

NGOs welcome Denmark’s new proposal to ban destructive bottom trawling in key areas – and urge the EU for stronger action

4 February 2025

• Rewilding the ocean

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

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

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

15 November 2023

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

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

Ending overfishing to counter climate change

10 October 2023

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