Greenpeace welcomes the European Commission’s decision today to support a ban on the international trade of North Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna.
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...
Widespread overcapacity in the EU fishing fleet has led to 70 percent of European fish stocks being fished above maximum sustainable yield, with untold damage done to global fish stocks where the EU is also active. Without urgent change, only...
Brussels – Greenpeace has criticised a new scheme proposed by some EU countries to tackle the mounting problem of discards, as stakeholders from the fishing industry and civil society meet in Brussels for a crucial discussion on the issue.
Italy will take over the six-month presidency of the council of the European Union in July 2014. During these months, a number of important environmental and energy issues will be at the heart of European politics.
Brussels - Commenting on the choice of candidates for the new Commission led by incoming president Jean-Claude Juncker, Greenpeace EU managing director Mahi Sideridou said:
Brussels --- The first of the commissioners’ hearings scheduled over the next two weeks, Karmenu Vella’s performance today raised concerns about the ability of president Juncker’s Commission to play its institutional role of safeguarding...
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With today’s vote by the European Parliament a new political phase begins in the European Union. The Green 10 alliance of leading environmental organisations calls on President Juncker and his team of Commissioners to give European citizens, and...
A letter from the Green 10 to Mr Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, Mr Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council and Mr Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission
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Italian version of the media briefing on the Italian presidency of the EU. The document is also available in English.
Independent Assessment of the FQD’s “Conventional” Default Value
Unilever Statement on Climate and Energy Policy
Addressed to Commission president-elect Jean-Claude Juncker
In August 2010 Greenpeace revealed how five fishermen from the Danish fishing port of Gilleleje had been fishing for more than five months in an area totally closed for fishing. By using GPS trackers, Greenpeace proved several...
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Briefing on the 1st Reading agreement in Council, expected 18 December 2006
Joint NGO position statement on Council agreement
Brussels/Strasbourg, International — The European Parliament today confirmed its support for stricter protection of the endangered bluefin tuna. The Parliament urged the European Commission and EU member states to support listing bluefin tuna...
Brussels, Belgium — EU fisheries ministers meeting in Brussels today will discuss plans to radically overhaul the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The talks follow the publication by the European Commission last month of a green paper on the...
Brussels, Belgium — The European Parliament's Environment Committee today confirmed its call for a determined Europe-wide effort to protect the sea. Greenpeace is encouraged by the overall outcome of the vote, but urges the Parliament not to...
Brussels, Belgium — Saskia Richartz, Marine Policy Adviser for Greenpeace, said: “The Maritime Green Paper shows an alarming disregard for the limits to which we can push our natural environment. Europe needs to make its maritime sector...
Brussels, International — US President George Bush has adopted a tougher stance than the European Commission in talks to protect deep-sea ecosystems, according to a White House memorandum signed this week, ahead of UN talks today.
Strasbourg, International — The European Parliament today called for a determined Europe-wide effort to combat the impacts of destructive and unsustainable fishing, shipping, oil drilling, marine pollution, coastal and offshore construction and...
Brussels, Belgium — Greenpeace castigated EU Fisheries Ministers today for ignoring scientific advice and current law in their desire to appease big players in the fishing industry. Two ministerial decisions yesterday will be severely detrimental...
Finding illegal fishing vessels in the vast expanse of the Southern Ocean – over 20 million square kilometres of deep, rough and icy waters – sounds like a near impossible task. But it turns out that finding them is the easy part,...
A 2 page briefing on one of Europe’s most destructive fishing sectors
Greenpeace herewith files an official complaint with the European Commission asking it to enforce Community conservation laws in relation to the protection of Mediterranean seagrass meadows. Greenpeace provides documentation that shows that...
The EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), which sets the rules for the European fishing industry, is about to undergo a fundamental review. By 2013, the CFP’s central piece of legislation – the so-called Basic Regulation (2371/2002) – will be...
Defining Good Environmental Status in the context of the European Marine Strategy Directive
Greenpeace appreciates the opportunity to comment on a possible future maritime policy but disagrees with the notion that Europe ought to be promoting an expansion of economic activity in the maritime sector when existing activity levels are...
Greenpeace proposals to revolutionise high seas oceans governance
This one-page media briefing, prepared jointly by Greenpeace and WWF, offers some background information on the ongoing process of introducing an international ban on the trade of bluefin tuna. The briefing outlines moves taken within the EU to...
This report describes the multiple threats now jeopardising the marine life and ecology of the North Sea and Baltic Sea. It proposes an approach to countering these threats involving the establishment of networks of large-scale marine reserves in...
Bruxelles, Belgium — Près de 200 activistes de Greenpeace, originaires de 14 pays européens différents, ont bloqué aujourd'hui avec succès l'accès au bâtiment du Conseil de l'UE, où les ministres européens de la pêche doivent se réunir pour...
Brussels, International — Europe’s fisheries ministers will today set quotas for several deep sea fish species within the EU. ICES, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, which advises the EU on the status of fish stocks has...
Brussels, International — As European fisheries ministers prepare to meet in Luxembourg today, France is resisting calls from scientists and the European Commission to drastically cut fishing quotas for dwindling stocks of bluefin tuna, said...
Brussels, Belgium — After months of deadlock, the European Commission has called on the EU to back the suspension of the international trade in bluefin tuna. EU environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik put forward the proposal recommending the...
Brussels, International — The EU could be on the verge of supporting the international listing of bluefin tuna as an endangered species, said Greenpeace today. EU fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki is reported by Reuters as backing a...
Brussels/Paris, International — The European Union is one step away from formally supporting the listing of bluefin tuna as an endangered species, effectively banning its trade. France has today joined Italy in announcing its support for the...
Brussels, International — The European Parliament and Italy have joined a growing number of voices calling for stricter protection of the endangered Mediterranean bluefin tuna ahead of a crucial international meeting in March which could see the...
EU fisheries ministers will, by tomorrow, agree on the amount of catches per fish stock that each member state can take in the North Sea and wider Atlantic in 2010. This includes agreement on the total allowable catch for cod and the...
Brussels, Belgium — Greenpeace today filed an official complaint(1) with the European Commission, asking it to enforce EU conservation laws in relation to the protection of Mediterranean seagrass meadows. Greenpeace has provided evidence that...
Brussels, Belgium — The European Commission will today release a green paper acknowledging the failings of the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and outlining some ideas for its forthcoming reform.
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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