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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Campaign updates
Video: How Europe’s plunder of West African waters is affecting local communities
This week as our crew on the
Arctic Sunrise highlights
the mass plundering taking place at sea by European super trawlers in West
Africa; our team on land in...
Arctic Sunrise captures EU trawlers plundering West African seas
Our ship, the
Arctic Sunrise is currently in Mauritanian waters, to highlight the problems of
overfishing emptying African seas. Vast factory-style fishing...
Scandalous sentences for Scottish skippers
Organised crime
seems to pay quite handsomely, especially if you manage to be part of a
profession that seems to be beyond reproach. That can surely be the...
Common sense discarded
In the same way that discarding
perfecting good fish, dead or dying back into sea is a disgrace, so is the
attitude of many European fisheries ministers...
Why greens can build the new capitalism
This blog was originally posted on the New Statesman website on 9 Feb 2012. Politicians have queued up to announce the dawn of the era of 'new capitalism'. Yet...
