Sustainable Fisheries Archives

Oceana highlights more work needed to end overfishing in European waters and to take into account ecosystem considerations

Good progress in Atlantic, but slower in Mediterranean Oceana recommends measures for most depleted stocks and forage fish Brussels – Reacting to today’s European Commission (EC) communication on the sustainability of EU fisheries and implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), Oceana welcomes the progress the EC and Member States have made to decrease the … Read more

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

European environmental organisations call for a ban on destructive fishing practices in Marine Protected Areas

Just after the UK’s announcement to protect two areas of English waters by banning damaging fishing activities such as bottom trawling, it will be the European Parliament’s turn to show how ambitious it truly is in protecting EU waters. During the first week of May in Strasbourg, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will have … Read more

NGOs urge European Parliament to push for full implementation of Common Fisheries Policy instead of considering reform

Ahead of the European Parliament’s public hearing on the implementation and future perspectives of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) tomorrow, NGOs are calling on EU institutions and Member States to better follow and enforce the rules of the policy, rather than considering any reform at this stage. Vera Coelho, Senior Director of Advocacy at Oceana … 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

UK Government set to license over 1,000 EU and UK fishing vessels permitting continued bottom trawling in UK Marine Protected Areas in 2022

Conservation charity Oceana says at the current rate of progress, it will take the Government until 2050 to ban the highly destructive fishing method The UK Government is about to issue over 1,000 fishing licenses for EU and UK fishing vessels for 2022, permitting them to bottom trawl in UK Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). This is in … 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