New EU Commissioners urged to end fisheries’ fossil fuel subsidies
Transitioning to an EU fisheries sector that decarbonises and shifts practices toward lower energy-intensity and lower impacts on depleted fish populations and the ocean is crucial for achieving climate objectives, ensuring the long-term viability of ocean resources, and promoting the resilience of EU fisheries, fish populations and the wider marine environment, insist BLOOM, ClientEarth, Oceana and Seas At Risk in an open letter to Wopke Hoekstra and Costas Kadis, the Commissioners responsible for Climate Action and Fisheries and Oceans, respectively.
Transitioning to an EU fisheries sector that decarbonises and shifts practices toward lower energy-intensity and lower impacts on depleted fish populations and the ocean is crucial for achieving climate objectives, ensuring the long-term viability of ocean resources, and promoting the resilience of EU fisheries, fish populations and the wider marine environment, insist BLOOM, ClientEarth, Oceana and Seas At Risk in an open letter to Wopke Hoekstra and Costas Kadis, the Commissioners responsible for Climate Action and Fisheries and Oceans, respectively.
