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November 14, 2017
Denmark is one of the world’s largest importers and exporters of fish and fish products.If Danish fisheries were healthy and well managed over the next ten years, the total revenues…
November 7, 2017
Oceana calls on the EU to recover Atlantic fisheries in 2018
Brussels – The European Commission published today its annual proposal on total allowable catches (TACs) in the Atlantic and the North Sea for 2018, which will be decided on the…
October 10, 2017
EU’s Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH) today reached an agreement on fishing limits for Baltic stocks for 2018. Regrettably, the Council decided to set the western Baltic cod quota at…
October 3, 2017
Oceana: EU ministers must put an end to overfishing in the Baltic Sea now
Luxembourg – On October 9th, the EU’s Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH) are due to meet in Luxembourg where ministers will decide on catch limits for the Baltic Sea in…
September 25, 2017
Brussels — If EU fisheries were healthy and well managed over the next ten years, they could contribute 4.9 billion euros annually to Europe’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) across the…
September 14, 2017
European Parliament votes in plenary session to end overfishing in the North Sea
Members of the European Parliament voted today in the plenary session on the North Sea multiannual management plan for fish species living near the sea bottom. The plan covers nearly…
August 30, 2017
European Commission proposes Baltic cod catch limits four times higher than considered sustainable
Brussels— On August 29th the European Commission released its annual proposal for fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2018. Despite a long history of the Western Baltic Cod stock…
July 10, 2017
Brussels—July 10, the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament is voting this Wednesday (July 12) on the North Sea multiannual management plan for fish species living near the sea bottom….
July 6, 2017
Oceana: EU is failing to bring down high overfishing levels
Brussels – The European Commission has today released its annual communication on the state of fish stocks and the progress in achieving the commitments of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)….
May 30, 2017
EU auditors expose serious lack of control in heavily overfished Mediterranean Sea
Today, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published a damning report on fisheries compliance by EU Member States. Auditors visited Spain, France, Italy and the UK (Scotland), which represent more…
