Minister Chef: The ending overfishing challenge
In the ending overfishing challenge, Chef Michael shows us how overfishing is a recipe for disaster, and provides refreshing food-for-thought on how to build sustainable fisheries in Europe.
Campaign: Rebuilding Western Mediterranean Fisheries
Minister Chef: The ending overfishing challenge
In the ending overfishing challenge, Chef Michael shows us how overfishing is a recipe for disaster, and provides refreshing food-for-thought on how to build sustainable fisheries in Europe.
Recommendations to the EU on the setting of fishing opportunities for 2025
The 22 NGO signatories of this document wish to present our recommendations on the setting of fishing opportunities – Total Allowable Catches (TACs) as well as fishing effort restrictions – for 2025, including for stocks managed by the European Union (EU) alone and stocks shared with third countries like the United Kingdom (UK) and Norway. … Read more
Joint NGO feedback to the European Commission on the “Sustainable fishing in the EU: State of play and orientations for 2025” consultation
On behalf of BirdLife Europe & Central Asia, Blue Marine Foundation, ClientEarth, Danmarks Naturfredningsforening, Deutsche Stiftung Meeresschuts, Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V., Ecologistas en Acción, North Sea Foundation, Oceana, The Fisheries Secretariat, Sciaena and Seas At Risk, we present our response to the 2024 European Commission’s public consultation on the progress towards achieving more sustainable fisheries, the … Read more
Mediterranean inhabitants could bid farewell to beloved fish dishes if countries don’t curb overfishing
France, Spain and Italy must urgently recover hake from near commercial collapse and rebuild Norway lobster populations As Mediterranean inhabitants sit down to enjoy their favorite summer fish dishes, Oceana is reacting to a European Commission report by calling for more action to end overfishing and recover populations of European hake and Norway lobster. Oceana … Read more
Rebuilding western Mediterranean fisheries: has the western Mediterranean multiannual plan delivered? 2019-2024
This report explores the impact of the first five years of implementation of the western Mediterranean multiannual plan (also known as the ‘West Med MAP’, hereafter: ‘the MAP’), the first European Union fisheries management plan for the conservation and sustainable exploitation of a group of demersal stocks in the western Mediterranean Sea. Over a decade … Read more
Progress in Western Mediterranean does not match urgency to recover fish populations, warns Oceana
France, Italy and Spain are failing to sustainably manage valuable species such as hake, red mullet or Norway lobster Reacting to today’s scientific evaluation of the EU’s Western Mediterranean multiannual fisheries management plan, Oceana highlights that, despite efforts to achieve the sustainable exploitation of demersal fish species by 2025, the pace of progress is not … Read more
Saving the Mediterranean from overfishing
After an uncomfortable night of sailing, battling strong winds and waves, the morning sun brought calmer weather to the Alboran Sea. Mother Nature seemed to be in a good mood, granting us the opportunity to spot several pods of common and striped dolphins, as well as various seabirds such as shearwaters, gulls and storm-petrels, which … Read more
