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Reckless EU fishing quotas again expected for 2012

Reckless EU fishing quotas again expected for 2012

Press release | December 16, 2011 at 0:01

Brussels, 16 December 2011 – Ministers meet in Brussels today to set next year’s EU fishing quotas, mainly for Atlantic and North Sea species like cod, herring and sole.

EU to discuss fishing agreements with developing nations

EU to discuss fishing agreements with developing nations

Press release | May 12, 2011 at 16:03

Brussels, 12 May 2010 – Fisheries ministers from around the world and senior European officials will meet in Brussels tomorrow to discuss the future of fishing agreements between the EU and foreign countries. Almost a quarter of all the fish...

Greenpeace exposes Spain's ocean destruction

Greenpeace exposes Spain's ocean destruction

Press release | May 3, 2010 at 0:00

With stocks collapsing in Europe, Spain’s fleet is now plundering waters as far away as Antarctica and Africa using European taxpayers’ money, according to a new Greenpeace report published today. The day before fisheries ministers gather in one...

Stolen fish - How Africa feeds Europe

Stolen fish - How Africa feeds Europe

Publication | September 1, 2010 at 0:00

One of the biggest threats facing the world’s oceans today is overfishing. The UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimates that over 75% of all fish stocks are fully exploited, overexploited or depleted. In European waters, the level...

How Africa is feeding Europe

How Africa is feeding Europe

Publication | September 13, 2010 at 16:15

Many of Europe's fishing fleets have the capacity to fish two to three times more than the sustainable level. This overcapacity has led to the current dire state of European fisheries. In European waters, the level of overfishing is higher than...

Ministers set course for another decade of overfishing

Ministers set course for another decade of overfishing

Press release | June 13, 2012 at 12:28

EU fisheries ministers meeting in Luxembourg have backed a damaging common approach to the reform of EU fishing rules that could allow overfishing to continue for at least another decade, said Greenpeace.

Stolen fish - the impact of EU fisheries outside Europe

Stolen fish - the impact of EU fisheries outside Europe

Publication | April 19, 2011 at 14:44

A 2 page briefing on the impact of 'mega-trawlers' in African waters and the need for CFP reform. Designed for a visit of African fishermen to Brussels in Spring 2011.

Fishermen speak out against global overfishing by EU fishing fleets

Fishermen speak out against global overfishing by EU fishing fleets

Press release | April 19, 2011 at 14:45

Almost a quarter of fish caught by Europe’s fishing fleet is taken outside EU waters, often with devastating impacts on the environment and local communities in developing countries, African fishermen and Greenpeace will tell EU politicians in...

Preliminary Reaction to the Commission’s proposal for a future EU Maritime and Fisheries Fund

Preliminary Reaction to the Commission’s proposal for a future EU Maritime and...

Publication | December 9, 2011 at 16:50

A joint reaction by seven green NGOs to the European Commission’s proposal for a future EU Maritime and Fisheries Fund.

Subsidies strike on European mega-trawlers

Subsidies strike on European mega-trawlers

Press release | December 23, 2011 at 10:37

Greenpeace today targeted three of Europe's largest factory fishing vessels that collectively receive €78,000,000 in European subsidies.

Biographies of the African fishermen visiting Brussels

Biographies of the African fishermen visiting Brussels

Publication | April 19, 2011 at 14:44

A biosheet on African fishermen who visited Brussels in Spring 2011 to speak out against the environmental and social problems caused by European mega-trawlers.

Greenpeace shuts down EU fisheries meeting

Greenpeace shuts down EU fisheries meeting

Press release | December 17, 2007 at 0:00

Brussels, Belgium — Some 200 Greenpeace activists from 14 European countries this morning blocked the seven entrances to the building of the Council of the European Union where EU fisheries ministers were to gather for their annual meeting to...

The Ecosystem Approach - protecting marine life in all its forms

The Ecosystem Approach - protecting marine life in all its forms

Publication | May 21, 2008 at 15:38

The ecosystem approach is vital if we are to ensure the health of our oceans for future generations.

Greenpeace ‘scraps’ destructive fishing trawler while ministers prepare next year’s plunder

Greenpeace ‘scraps’ destructive fishing trawler while ministers prepare next year’s...

Press release | December 13, 2010 at 0:00

Brussels, International — Today, Greenpeace activists symbolically decommissioned a destructive fishing trawler outside the EU Council building. Inside, EU fisheries ministers are negotiating 2011 fishing quotas and are expected to once again set...

EU supports bluefin tuna trade ban

EU supports bluefin tuna trade ban

Press release | March 10, 2010 at 0:00

Brussels, International — EU countries have agreed to support the listing of bluefin tuna under appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), following a deal struck by European diplomats in Brussels today.

Taking Tuna Out of the Can

Taking Tuna Out of the Can

Publication | April 1, 2010 at 17:14

Global tuna stocks are in big trouble. Tuna is one of the world’s favourite fish, the staple protein in the diet of millions, and the fish at the core of the luxury sashimi market. Today, there is the real possibility that commercial extinction...

Mediterranean states block tuna protection in fisheries talks

Mediterranean states block tuna protection in fisheries talks

Press release | November 18, 2010 at 11:21

Brussels, International — EU member states late last night agreed a common negotiating position on catch quotas for Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna, as part of the continuing meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of...

The Ecosystem Approach - protecting marine life in all its forms

The Ecosystem Approach - protecting marine life in all its forms

Publication | May 14, 2008 at 12:49

The world's oceans, once thought to contain inexhaustible resources, are under increasing threat. In recent years, scientific study after scientific study has pointed to the fact that human activities and fishing in particular have been putting...

Where have all the tuna gone?

Where have all the tuna gone?

Publication | May 23, 2006 at 15:58

The fishery for bluefin tuna is one of the most valuable in the Mediterranean. In ancient Rome, tuna fishing and salting were two of the empire's most stable industries.

Fish for all – while stocks last

Press release | December 18, 2008 at 0:00

Brussels, Belgium — In what is traditionally the EU’s curtain call after a busy year of successful and less successful negotiations, European ministers have begun their annual pre-Christmas haggle over fishing quotas. Greenpeace calls for a...

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