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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ahead of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AgriFish) on 12 and 13 December 2021, Environment NGOs are extremely concerned that France, Spain and Italy are playing political games that risk burying all hopes to save Western Mediterranean fisheries. The Western Mediterranean is plagued by unacceptable overfishing – 2.71 times higher than sustainable levels, and … Read more
Today Oceana is placing a virtual floating cod over the Europa building in Brussels, where the Council of the EU meets, and over various fisheries ministry buildings across Europe. This action aims to denounce the overexploitation of European fish populations and to call on EU fisheries ministers, who will meet on 12-13 December, to set fishing opportunities for 2022 in line with science and so bring … Read more
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