Oceana hails EU fishing progress

European fishing boat

Oceana has welcomed the European Commission’s latest report on sustainable fishing, celebrating a record number of fish stocks now being fished at sustainable levels across EU waters

The report highlights a major turnaround in the northeast Atlantic, where the share of overfished stocks dropped from 72% in 2004 to just 22% in 2023.

Concerns remain, however, about the Mediterranean and the distribution of fishing rights. 

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