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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Have you ever seen a cod dancing and a mackerel making friends on the beach?
My colleague Alicia
and I recently had the great opportunity of travelling down from the Greenpeace office to
Falmouth to meet the amazing all-female Cornwall...
Biggest fine in maritime history for Spanish fishing barons in UK
I don’t
know what I expected notorious Spanish fishing barons to look like. Strapping and medallioned, with deep tans and fancy wrist watches? Or sinewy, wiry...
Why do Europe’s taxpayers fund overfishing overseas?
Q: What do you do when you run out of fish?
A: go catch someone else’s!
Cheeky
perhaps, but that is the gist of what is referred to in European fishy...
Recovery for Europe’s fisheries, or just wishful thinking?
Basic first aid tells you
the most important thing to do is not cause any more harm: don’t make things
worse. That makes sense, of course, but if you happen...
A good deal for our oceans, or does something smell fishy in Luxembourg?
EU Council meetings – the epitome of fun. These are when
representatives of each EU member state, usually the relevant government
minister, get together to...
