European Parliament calls for action on bottom fishing and true protection for EU’s marine protected areas

Strasbourg – Today, in an important step for the protection of the ocean and the climate, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) adopted amendments which call on the European Union to prohibit extractive industrial activities – which include fishing practices like bottom trawling [1] – in all marine protected areas. The plenary vote on the Own-Initiative Report of … Read more

Oceana Expands Campaigns in the United Kingdom

Oceana, the world’s largest ocean conservation organisation, is expanding its campaigns to protect and restore waters in the United Kingdom (UK). More than 90% of the world’s ocean productivity is under the direct control of 29 countries and the EU. Post-Brexit, the UK exclusive economic zone is ranked among the top 15 fishing areas in … Read more

EU and UK set quotas that will continue overfishing of some much-loved fish

Yesterday the EU and the UK reached an agreement on 2022 fishing limits for shared fish populations in the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea. The fisheries agreement for 2022 includes 65 TACs for jointly managed fish populations and provisions for the exploitation of non-quota stocks as well. This is the second post-Brexit agreement on … Read more

More than 150,000 Europeans call on EU to ban bottom-trawling to protect ocean and climate

A giant colourful pop-up book depicting the devastation caused by destructive bottom trawling – and how the marine environment thrives in its absence – was delivered to European Union (EU) Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevi?ius by NGOs this morning, on behalf of more than 150,000 Europeans who have signed a petition calling for the EU to phase out destructive fishing practices, starting … Read more

Ministros das Pescas da UE fecham os olhos à sobrepesca

COMUNICADO DE IMPRENSA – 14/12/2021 Contacto   Emily Fairless, Oficial de Comunicações  Tel.:+ 32 2 513 22 42 M: +32 478 038 490 E-mail: efairless@oceana.org   Apesar da crise ecológica, um terço das quotas de pesca da UE excedem os pareceres dos cientistas   Bruxelas – Hoje, os ministros das pescas da UE alcançaram um acordo sobre as oportunidades de pesca para 2022, incluindo 23 … Read more

Le Conseil de l’UE de la pêche ferme les yeux sur la surpêche

COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE – 14/12/2021 Contact   Emily Fairless, Responsable de la communication  Tél. : + 32 2 513 22 42 Mobile : +32 478 038 490 E-mail : efairless@oceana.org     Un tiers des quotas de pêche de l’UE dépassent les recommandations des scientifiques malgré les crises écologiques   Bruxelles — Aujourd’hui, les ministres de la pêche de l’Union Européenne (UE) sont parvenus à … Read more

EU fisheries Council turns a blind eye to overfishing 

Today, EU fisheries ministers have reached an agreement on 2022 fishing opportunities, which includes 23 catch limits for fish populations managed exclusively by the EU in the North-East Atlantic as well as fishing effort restrictions for Mediterranean waters. Oceana condemns the EU for not closing the gap between the scientific advice and the adopted fishing … Read more