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Small-scale tuna sector push for ‘polluter pays’ principle in Atlantic. Concerns have been building since bigeye tuna was formally declared overfished by scientists of the International Commission for the Conservation […]
Fiskebåt Open Letter to the NE Atlantic Mackerel Community. Let’s leave the battlefield and ensure a healthy mackerel stock – together! The European Union, United Kingdom, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Russia, […]
ClientEarth – some EU countries pushing for unsustainable catch limits. ClientEarth has published a series of documents revealing the truth behind the setting of unsustainable fishing limits in the European Union that […]
Call for end to EU fishing fleet tax exemptions. A new report revealed that the EU fishing fleet receives up to €1.5bn from tax breaks each year, despite emitting the same amount […]
EU fuel tax subsidies driving climate impacts & overfishing. The EU fishing fleet receives a tax break of between €759 million and €1.5 billion from fuel tax subsidies each year, […]
Tuna species recovering despite growing pressures on marine life. Four commercially-fished tuna species are on the path to recovery thanks to the enforcement of regional fishing quotas over the last […]
Save the ocean to save the climate, swimmers tell leaders in Marseille. Dozens of people dived into the Mediterranean Sea today during the IUCN World Conservation Congress to celebrate the […]
EU fishing industry calls for immediate EU action against Norway and Faroe Islands to stop their overfishing of the Northeast Atlantic mackerel stock. The EU fishing industry is calling for […]
eNGOs warn that action must be taken following climate change report Environmental bodies have warned that action must be taken now in the wake of the Sixth Assessment Report from […]
Climate change threatens food security of many countries dependent on fish. Millions of people in countries around the world could face an increased risk of malnutrition as climate change threatens […]
GTA slams blocking of plans to rebuild mako shark population. The EU and US yet again blocked a proposal to rebuild endangered shortfin mako shark population, at an intersessional of […]
Shark Awareness Day – From Jaws to Shark Week: How Much Do You Know About Sharks? On Shark Awareness Day, Learn Why We Need to Protect Them. Feared and respected […]
Make or break for endangered Atlantic mako sharks. What: Negotiations on a multi-national proposal to ban retention of shortfin mako sharks from the seriously overfished North Atlantic population. Scientists have […]
Financial think-tank launches tool to help investors reduce overfishing. Financial think tank Planet Tracker has launched an interactive dashboard to help investors identify how they could finance a recovery of […]
Oceana calls on WTO member states to curb harmful fisheries subsidies that facilitate overexploitation and unsustainable distant water fishing. Oceana released a new report showing evidence that the world’s top […]
Concern that tuna deal does not go far enough. With clear scientific advice and mounting pressure from top retailers and supply chain companies, IOTC members finally agreed an interim rebuilding […]
Managing global climate change — and local conditions — key to coral reefs’ survival. Australian researchers recently reported a sharp decline in the abundance of coral along the Great Barrier […]
Management measures proposed to aid tuna conservation. Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE) and the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) hereby confirm their support for the following two conservation and management […]
Joint statement in advance of 25th Session of IOTC. Background Yellowfin tuna in the Indian Ocean is overfished and subject to continued overfishing, with scientists warning that the stock could […]
More action needed to protect global tuna stocks. The European Commission has the responsibility to defend the interests of all relevant stakeholders when representing the EU at Regional Fisheries Management […]
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