The European Commission seeks feedback on measures to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) from the adverse impacts of bottom fishing gears in the high seas.
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They’re known as ghost nets - but the damage they do to Europe’s coastal habitat and marine species is all too real. Meet the team of “elite LIFE...
On 2 October 2023, the European Union and the Republic of Kiribati signed a new fisheries protocol to the sustainable fisheries partnership agreement for a duration of five years. The Kiribati protocol...
Revolutionising fish nutrition for the sake of biodiversity
Today, Commissioner Sinkevičius is hosting the second edition of the "Our Baltic" Conference to address pressing environmental challenges in the Baltic Sea. The high-level conference gathers ministers and high-level...
The 45th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) took place in Vigo, Spain, from 18 to 22 September 2023.
The focus of the meeting was the...
Question and Answers on "Stop finning - Stop the trade" European citizens' initiative
Much to the fishers’ dismay, cod populations in the Baltic Sea have been decreasing since the 1990s. The reasons are many, including habitat degradation. The same decade also...
Episode two of the second season of our Ocean Calls podcast is out! This time we ask: Should we worry about sharks?
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