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Will Reform Finally End The Plunder of Europe's Fisheries?
- Media Coverage
- Feb 28, 2013, 10:30 EST
- European Marine Programme
(Yale Environment 360) In recent decades, European fisheries policy has been a slowly unfolding environmental disaster. Pumped up by tens of billions of euros in European Union subsidies, fishing fleets ballooned to 100,000 vessels, including many industrial-scale ships that severely depleted waters in Europe and beyond.More
EU Committee Backs Reforms to Salvage Fish Stocks
- Media Coverage
- Dec 18, 2012, 13:40 EST
- European Marine Programme
(Associated Press) The European Union on Tuesday took a significant step towards protecting its threatened fish stocks when a parliamentary committee backed a series of reforms aimed at boosting fish supplies to sustainable levels by 2020.More
EU to Close Shark Finning Loophole
- Media Coverage
- Nov 22, 2012, 13:35 EST
- European Marine Programme
(The Guardian) The barbaric practice of slicing off the fins of sharks and discarding the live bodies at sea will be outlawed following a historic vote in the European parliament on Thursday. MEPs voted overwhelmingly 566 to 47 to close a legal loophole and ban finning despite opposition from Spain and Portugal.More
Pew Calls on EU Parliament to Strengthen Shark Finning Ban
- Press Release
- Sep 19, 2012, 13:35 EST
- European Marine Programme
The European Parliament Fisheries Committee voted today on a suite of amendments in response to a European Commission proposal to strengthen the EU ban on shark “finning” (removing a shark’s fins and discarding the body at sea).More
EU Commission Makes History with Proposal to Phase Out Bottom Trawling for Deep-Sea Species
- Press Release
- Jul 19, 2012, 09:15 EST
- European Marine Programme, Protecting the Deep Sea
In a move that will help protect one of the most biodiverse areas on Earth, the European Commission today proposed phasing out destructive bottom trawling and bottom gillnetting among deep sea fishing fleets in the Northeast Atlantic. The Pew Environment Group praised EC Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maria Damanaki, for the bold proposal to finally put an end to these unsustainable and destructive deep-sea fishing methods.More
Europeans Call on their Decision-Makers to End Overfishing
- Press Release
- Jun 08, 2012, 14:15 EST
- European Marine Programme
Today is World Oceans Day, and OCEAN2012 is launching the third European Fish Weeks, when citizens across Europe will organise public events in 12 EU member states to raise awareness of overfishing and of decision-makers’ responsibility to end it.More
As Regulators Meet, Fishing Boats Thumb Their Noses
- Media Coverage
- Jun 01, 2012, 11:00 EST
- European Marine Programme
(New York Times) Talk about timing. As American and European fisheries officials met this week in Brussels to talk about, among other things, the problem of illegal and unregulated fishing, Chinese boats were illegally in the Mediterranean, making a mockery of efforts to manage the bluefin tuna fishing season.More
EU Fishing Reforms Face Weakening
- Media Coverage
- May 28, 2012, 10:30 EST
- European Marine Programme
(BBC) Talks on Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform are seeing important changes in moves to eliminate discards, reduce fishing fleets and rebuild fish stocks.More
OCEAN2012 Asks for the Elimination of Fishing Subsidies
- Media Coverage
- May 15, 2012, 11:20 EST
- European Marine Programme
(FIS) Environmental coalition OCEAN2012 has sharply criticised what it refers to as “excessive” European Union (EU) fishing subsidies ahead of an EU Fisheries Council Meeting coming up in Brussels this week. Ministers will discuss how future subsidies should be used and how to arrive at sustainable fishing limits.More
Consumers Are Paying for Their Fish many Times over Through Subsidies
- Media Coverage
- May 14, 2012, 11:25 EST
- European Marine Programme
(Fish Update) Environmental coalition OCEAN2012 has sharply criticised excessive EU fishing subsidies ahead of an EU Fisheries Council Meeting to be held in Brussels this week. Ministers at the meeting will debate how future subsidies should be spent and how to reach sustainable fishing limits.More
Healthy European Fish Stocks Would be Worth £2.7bn a Year
- Media Coverage
- Feb 10, 2012, 12:25 EST
- European Marine Programme
(The Guardian) Restoring fish stocks to health would create jobs and increase the income of Europe's fishing fleets by £2.7bn a year, according to a report published on Friday.More
Auditors: EU Policy to Cut Fishing Fleet has Failed; Bloc Promises New Approach
- Media Coverage
- Dec 12, 2011, 12:20 EST
- European Marine Programme
(Associated Press) The European Union's audit office said Monday that the €1.7 billion ($2.25 billion) program to combat fish stock depletion through fleet reduction has been a failure.More
E.U. Proposal for Fishing Industry Support Raises Eyebrows
- Media Coverage
- Dec 02, 2011, 16:45 EST
- European Marine Programme
(New York Times) The European Commission on Friday backed a funding policy that leaves largely intact its substantial support for the fishing industry, despite the commission’s own finding that subsidies were leading to destructive overfishing.More
EU Proposes 6.5 Billion Euro Fisheries Fund Shake-Up
- Media Coverage
- Dec 02, 2011, 15:20 EST
- European Marine Programme
(Reuters) The European Union's executive set out plans on Friday for a new 6.5 billion-euro ($8.8 billion) fisheries fund from 2014 to 2020, which it said would boost EU coastal economies and improve the sector's sustainability.More
OCEAN2012 Calls EU Fisheries Subsidies 'Blind Spending'
- Press Release
- Dec 02, 2011, 07:30 EST
- European Marine Programme
Markus Knigge, adviser to the Pew Environment Group’s European Marine Programme and the OCEAN2012 coalition, issued the following statement today as the European Commission published its proposal for the next fisheries subsidies instrument, the European Fisheries and Maritime Fund.More

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Will Reform Finally End The Plunder of Europe's Fisheries?

EU Committee Backs Reforms to Salvage Fish Stocks

EU to Close Shark Finning Loophole

Pew Calls on EU Parliament to Strengthen Shark Finning Ban

EU Commission Makes History with Proposal to Phase Out Bottom Trawling for Deep-Sea Species

Europeans Call on their Decision-Makers to End Overfishing

As Regulators Meet, Fishing Boats Thumb Their Noses

EU Fishing Reforms Face Weakening

OCEAN2012 Asks for the Elimination of Fishing Subsidies

Consumers Are Paying for Their Fish many Times over Through Subsidies

Healthy European Fish Stocks Would be Worth £2.7bn a Year

Auditors: EU Policy to Cut Fishing Fleet has Failed; Bloc Promises New Approach

E.U. Proposal for Fishing Industry Support Raises Eyebrows

EU Proposes 6.5 Billion Euro Fisheries Fund Shake-Up

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