Be a fisherman's friend
An overhaul of the law that governs fishing in Europe only happens every 10 years, so we need to make sure that this time, it works. We want a Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) that supports sustainable fishing, ends discards and puts the health of our seas first.
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Fish discards are indefensible, but will the EU ban them?
If yesterday’s news is supposed to be today’s
fish and chip wrappers, then today we have an odd scenario: your fish supper is
probably wrapped in a hefty...
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Discards are disgusting. No-one with any sense can support the
catching, killing, and throwing away of fish. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Fish Fight
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fish in the sea, European fishing quotas are...
Exposed: Europe's history of overfishing
The past few days have seen a couple of pretty important
meetings in Spain about the reform of the Common
Fisheries Policy (the CFP). You might not have...
