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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The ocean is not a factory
It seems the
captain of Britain’s largest fishing boat isn’t partial to a spot of tea,
despite a kind invitation from John Vidal, Environment Editor of the...
Fixing fairness in fisheries starts at home
Approximately 1.5 MILLION small-scale fishermen live and work along the coast of West Africa. They live a life directly dependent on the seas on their doorstep...
Flags, convenience and bending the rules to steal Africa’s fish
We’re currently following a stern
trawler as it fishes. It’s not the biggest vessel out here, but, like many
others it is fishing up and down where the...
What is the UK’s biggest fishing boat doing in West African seas?
I’m out in the Atlantic Ocean, somewhere off Mauritania in West
Africa, aboard the Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise. We’re here to document
and expose the...
UK minister Benyon flexing his political muscles in Brussels
EU council meetings are rarely something that the vast majority of
us get excited about. These meetings are when the representatives from each of
the EU...
