Great meeting with EU Commissioner on Fisheries, Mr Kadis, where we shared our views and ideas to make the sector more resilient and robust to the energy shocks and ongoing climate and biodiversity crisis. Find out more about our concrete ideas here: rethinkfisheries.eu

🌊 One year after NGOs' complaint, the @ec.europa.eu still hasn't acted on #BottomTrawling in #MarineProtectedAreas. ⚖️ Courts are increasingly clear: protected areas must be genuinely protected. #ProtectedMeansProtected! seas-at-risk.org/general-news... #EUBiodiversity

Seas At Risk on X: "🌊 One year after NGOs' complaint, the @EU_Commission still hasn't acted on #BottomTrawling in #MarineProtectedAreas. ⚖️ Courts are increasingly clear: protected areas must be genuinely protected. @CostasKadis, #ProtectedMeansProtected! https://t.co/dzox5jqmJ4 #EUBiodiversity https://t.co/6UOlRRLEDx" / X

🌊 One year after NGOs' complaint, the @EU_Commission still hasn't acted on #BottomTrawling in #MarineProtectedAreas. ⚖️ Courts are increasingly clear: protected areas must be genuinely protected. @CostasKadis, #ProtectedMeansProtected! https://t.co/dzox5jqmJ4 #EUBiodiversity https://t.co/6UOlRRLEDx

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How they filmed bottom-trawling and dredging www.youtube.com/watch?v=biHE...

How We Filmed Bottom Trawling Like Never Before | Ocean with David Attenborough

YouTube video by Silverback Films

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📢 Today marks the EU #EndOfFishDay, the day when Europe has exhausted its domestic seafood for 2026 & start depending on imports. We must align seafood consumption with what the ocean can provide. seas-at-risk.org/press-releas... #EUFisheries #EndOverfishing #RethinkFisheries #PressRelease

🚨 Landmark ruling for Europe’s oceans A Dutch court has ruled that destructive #BottomTrawling can no longer take place in the Dutch #DoggerBank #MPA without proper permits & envi assessments. This is a major breakthrough for marine protection in Europe! oceanographicmagazine.com/news/dutch-c...

Dutch court rules bottom trawling in Dogger Bank is unlawful - Oceanographic

Dutch court rules bottom trawling in the Dogger Bank will require permits and a full environmental assessment.

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The EC's evaluation on #CFP is out! 1⃣law is sound 2⃣Implementation is failing What we need is implementation! The Vision for fair, low-impact fisheries helps to embrace long-term sustainability. Read our #PressRelease 👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas... #RethinkFisheries #EUFisheries #EUBiodiversity

EC report on #MSPD shows #EUOceanGovernance remains fragmented 🌊 The #EUOceanAct is a critical opportunity to fix this, but only if it goes beyond a simple revision of the Directive 👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas... #EUOceanAct #OceanGovernance #EUBlueEconomy

Poor implementation of the #CFP continues to harm low-impact fishers. Quotas are required to be allocated using envi & social criteria. Yet large vessels still take the biggest share. It's time Member States fully implement the #CFP! #RethinkFisheries #EUFisheries 🌊 seas-at-risk.org/publications...

This is sad and outrageous! Once again, EU fisheries ministers have chosen short-term gains over long-term responsibility. Despite clear scientific warnings, mackerel quotas have been raised beyond sustainable limits. thefishingdaily.com/eu-fishing-i...

🎥 Across the Mediterranean small-scale fishers see the value of #MarineProtectedAreas for healthier ecosystems & more resilient fisheries 🐟. But weak enforcement risks undermining them. #CommonFisheriesPolicy needs to be fully implemented✅. 👉 seas-at-risk.org/publications... #RethinkFisheries

The pressures on Med artisanal fisheries 🎣 aren’t about the design of the #CommonFisheriesPolicy, but gaps in implementation & enforcement. 🌍 Let’s protect what works! 🐬 🎥 Watch the full video & read more: seas-at-risk.org/multimedia/v... #EUOceanPact #EUOceanDays #MissionOcean #RethinkFisheries

🚨Spain spends 4x more destroying nature than protecting it. €8bn in 2024 went to activities driving #EUBiodiversity loss, vs €2bn for conservation. #StopHarmfulSubsidies!🌍 Find out more → seas-at-risk.org/members-news... @ecologistasenaccion.org

The Spanish government invests four times more in destroying nature than in protecting it - Seas At Risk

A study by Ecologistas en Acción, a member of Seas At Risk, reveals how subsidies to the primary sector are contributing to the biodiversity crisis. The government had committed to eliminating or refo...

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EU countries have been failing repeatedly to implement fisheries laws. That is why fishers suffer so much and that we only have baby fish in our plates. Control regulation is key! @stephen4eu.bsky.social @lowimpactfishing.bsky.social @envi.contexte.com @christopheconte.bsky.social @politico.eu

Seas At Risk@seasatrisk.bsky.social · 6mo ago

As EU Commissioner Costas Kadis said, the updated Fisheries Control Regulation was a major achievement. 🚀 Now it's time to follow through - tackling hidden overfishing & ensuring fair fisheries across Europe depends on it. Leadership = delivering on what was agreed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHLu...

150+ countries back @ipbes.net: GDP growth is driving #EUbiodiversity collapse. Yet the EU Commission is pushing deregulation in the name of competitiveness. Ignoring science is self-sabotage. #HandsOffNature @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu ipbes.net/node/97532 #MPAs #RethinkFisheries

🚨🐟 The Common Fisheries Policy doesn’t need reform. It needs implementation. 💪👮 In 2021, the EU Commission itself concluded that the CFP is fit for purpose. What’s failing today is not the policy design, but the lack of political will by countries to apply and enforce it.

Oceana in Europe@oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Europe doesn’t need a new fisheries policy, just to enforce the one it has. In their new op-ed in @politico.eu, Maria Damanaki & Christodoulos Charalambous warn that reopening the #CommonFisheriesPolicy would slow action, harming fishers & coastal communities. ➡️ www.politico.eu/sponsored-co...

New Vision for Fair and Low-Impact Fisheries in Europe ! This vision must drive our present and future actions to both reduce impact on the ocean and increase societal benefits for all. Read and endorse: rethinkfisheries.eu Watch the launch event today at 2:30pm: ep.interactio.eu/z0vi-9bx-l91...

#RethinkFisheries

Back the vision for fair, low-impact, low-carbon European fisheries that restore marine biodiversity, strengthen small-scale fishers, and secure a just transition for a thriving ocean.

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Seas At Risk@seasatrisk.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📢 New release: A Vision for fair, low-impact fisheries in Europe🌊shaped by fishers, scientists & civil society. We urge Commissioner Costas Kadis to take inspiration & bold action to drive a just transition for #OurOcean💙 #RethinkFisheries #PressRelease #Agrifish Read more: tinyurl.com/3sw67mbb

📢 We welcome the European Commission’s newly released guidelines on the allocation of EU fishing quotas as a chance to support low-impact fishers and protect the ocean! #RethinkFisheries #PressRelease #EUBiodiversity 👉https://tinyurl.com/ycjxtr29

US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules “Our negotiators had never seen this before in any international talks. People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London — intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members losing visas”...

We’re proud to be acknowledged in this new ETP species #bycatch guidance from our partner Seas At Risk. Their new guide provides a comprehensive overview of the complexities and context-specific challenges surrounding bycatch, from practical gear modifications to reliable & precise monitoring. [1/2]

🎣Las capturas incidentales no son un problema menor: son una amenaza diaria para la biodiversidad marina y una prueba de credibilidad para la política ambiental de la UE. Las soluciones existen. Ahora necesitamos voluntad política. ¡Gracias @seasatrisk.bsky.social , Birdlife y EIA por este evento!

Le premier point de bascule de la planète aurait été atteint avec le « dépérissement généralisé » des coraux. La Terre serait par ailleurs au bord d’autres seuils de rupture avec des risques dévastateurs, mettent en garde 160 scientifiques dans un vaste rapport www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...

Le premier point de bascule de la planète aurait été atteint avec le « dépérissement généralisé » des coraux

Un rapport signé par 160 scientifiques publié lundi alerte sur la « crise sans précédent » rencontrée par les récifs coralliens d’eau chaude.

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📢NGOs launch guide to successfully address bycatch of sensitive species in the EU and call for bolder action 🐬🦈 Trends are worsening, populations are at risk, yet attention is declining. It’s time to #RethinkFisheries! 👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas... #EndBycatch #EUBiodiversity #EUOceanWeek

While you're on holiday, the EU is dismantling environmental protections 🏖️➡️💔 #HandsOffNature You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...

Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife

Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.

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The bourgeois reactionaries are unleashed. And it's only the beginning... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

EU rollback on environmental policy is gaining momentum, warn campaigners

Observers shocked at scale and speed of deregulation drive they say is watering down European Green Deal and laws

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Outrageous

euobserver — EU news that matters@euobserver.com · last yr.

Just as far-right forces crack down on civil society dealing with the climate, a new study reveals that lobbyists from the top fossil-fuel industry organisations had over 1,000 MEP meetings within less than a year.

Amazing how an ecosystem approach to seafood and other products can have positive multiplying effects. An example of kelp (algae) and mussels. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Something in the water: how kelp is helping Maine’s mussels boom

When a US firm saw the seaweed was making their shellfish the ‘biggest and best’ scientists realised they’d hit upon a natural way to combat ocean acidification

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Les superchalutiers, des bateaux mesurant entre 80 et 150m trainant des filets de 200m, posent un vrai problème, à la fois pour l´environnement et pour les pêcheurs artisans. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXaJ...

La pêche industrielle par des superchalutiers

YouTube video by TV5MONDE Info

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As the UN Ocean Conference is starting, a clear and powerful call by scientists to protect the High Seas from all type of extractions. Yes, including fisheries as most of targeted species can be caught closer to the shore and with low-impact gears and practices. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Why we should protect the high seas from all extraction, forever

Exploitation of the high seas risks doing irreversible damage to biodiversity, climate stability and ocean equity. A consensus must be built now to save them.

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Today's final #OceanPact contains: ✅ The good (no to #DeepSeaMining) ❌ The bad (weak commitment on funding) 💩 And the ugly (no action to #BanBottomTrawling in MPAs) The #OceanAct is promising & could pave the way for a healthy ocean, but *only* if it's bold & binding. #UNOC3

We are tired of hearing the same old Cormorant-diss track😡 Today, at the Conference on 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴, we heard the same blame-game song lines we have been hearing since the 70ies. #Cormorants were blamed for fish stock decline instead of the real culprits