Responding to the European Commission’s proposal for deep sea fishing limits for 2021-2022, published today, NGOs welcome the positive steps towards following scientific advice. However, the proposal does not go far enough to ensure protection and allow the recovery of these very sensitive and unique species, some of which are the most...
Portuguese and Spanish shark specialists and researchers sent a public letter to the European Union (EU) and the Portuguese and Spanish Governments to demand that urgent and decisives measures be taken for the protection of one of the most endangered species of the Northern Atlantic: the Shortfin mako shark.This request comes at a critical...
“End overfishing” – that’s the message delivered to EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius this week, as part of a statement signed by more than 300 scientists calling for action by the European Commission, European Parliament and EU member states to end overfishing “as an urgent and necessary response...
Sciaena and Fundació ENT have launched a poster that summarizes and highlights the importance of applying the precautionary approach to fisheries management, as required by the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy.
Sciaena – Oceans # Conservation # Awareness has submitted today its contribution to the document “Strategic Vision for the Economic Recovery Plan 2020-2030”, a document by António Costa Silva, from July 21, 2020, that aims at framing the options and priorities that should guide the recovery of the adverse economic...
