The European Commission unveiled the European Green Deal today, the flagship agenda driving Europe’s ecological transition to become the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Oceana welcomes that the ocean is part of the document, as marine habitats mitigate climate crisis by storing CO2, while ocean restoration and protection are fundamental for building resilience to … Read more
We call on decision-makers to support the Commission’s proposal to: · Introduce Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM) requirements to enable fully documented fisheries (Article 1(23) of the proposal); · Allow for a better implementation of the enforcement provisions of the Control Regulation (Article 1 (69), Annexes III and IV); · Mandate the use of tracking devices … Read more
Oceana applauds decisions to increase fisheries transparency, protect threatened corals and preserve breeding grounds adopted by FAO’s General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) in their 43rd session. The enforcement of these measures’ package will be vital to help revert the overfishing crisis of this sea, since they will create areas where fish can … Read more
The protection of juvenile fish is a prerequisite to secure productive fisheries. Yet the catch of small and immature individuals (both targeted and bycatch) is a persistent problem in Mediterranean fisheries that results in the majority of fisheries resources being captured before they realize their reproductive potential. According to the SoMFi 2018 report, a significant … Read more
Background In combatting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, what does good governance in fisheries look like? The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana, The Nature Conservancy, The Pew Charitable Trusts and WWF (the EU IUU Coalition) are working together with the aim of improving global fisheries transparency and governance to end IUU fishing. With this … Read more
On behalf of The Pew Charitable Trusts, Oceana, ClientEarth, Seas At Risk, FishSec and Our Fish, we present our recommendations on the setting of Northeast Atlantic fishing opportunities for 2020. Overall, we urge EU fisheries ministers and the Commissioner to take our recommendations into account during the upcoming Council meetings and to ensure that total … Read more
In October 2019, EU fisheries ministers will agree on fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2020. This will be the final Council meeting where fisheries ministers have the opportunity to end overfishing of Baltic Sea species by 2020, as is legally required by the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)1 . The following text outlines the … Read more
Six years on from the most recent reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), our organisations present European and national decision makers with a summary of the shortfalls in implementation of CFP legal requirements. Addressing these implementation gaps in the coming months is crucial to meet the sustainability fishing deadline of 2020. The CFP aims … Read more
On behalf of The Pew Charitable Trusts, Oceana, ClientEarth, Seas At Risk, FishSec and Our Fish we present our response to the European Commission consultation on the setting of fishing opportunities for 2020, including our recommendations regarding the proposing and setting of Northeast Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic Sea Total Allowable Catches (TACs). In previous … Read more
Yesterday, the European Commission ordered emergency fishing measures be put in place following the collapse of the eastern Baltic cod population. The emergency plan consists of an immediate closure to fish eastern Baltic cod in the south of the Baltic Sea. Oceana released the following statement following the announcement from the European Commission: “Baltic cod is … Read more
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