Fisheries

Europe’s small-scale fishers demand fairness

2025-11-19T10:41:00

From left to right: Gwen Pennarun (LIFE President), Marta Cavallé (LIFE Executive Secretary), Costas Kadis, EU Commissionner for Fisheries and Oceans, Muireann Kavanagh (16-years old from the Irish organisation IIMRO)

Source: Matt Judge/Blue Ventures

The Make Fishing Fair Forum in Brussels has united Europe’s small-scale fishers, calling for urgent EU policy action to safeguard sustainable fisheries.

Over 40 small-scale fishers from 16 countries gathered at the event to deliver a unified demand to Commissioner Costas Kadis for an EU Plan for Small-Scale Fisheries by 2026.

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