Bottom Trawl

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

With the United Kingdom pledging to ban bottom trawling in 41 marine protected areas (MPAs) at the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in Nice, and France proposing restrictions in fewer MPAs, environmental lawyers have called for swift implementation and…

11th June 2025

Lawyers call for enforcement after UK and France vow to ban bottom trawling in protected areas

11th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A campaign calling on the EU to take tougher action against member state countries that still allow bottom trawling in their marine protected areas (MPAs) has been launched by a group of civil society organisations after a new report found…

17th April 2024

Campaign launched to end destructive fishing in EU protected waters

17th April 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

With new analysis of satellite data from non-profit Global Fishing Watch (GFW) finding that over 100,000 hours of apparent industrial fishing took place within the United Kingdom’s offshore marine protected areas (MPAs) in 2023, oceans…

21st March 2024

Oceana: UK MPAs subjected to 33,000 hours of suspected bottom trawling in 2023

21st March 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The Royal Thai Government must drop new legislation that’s looking to deregulate the country’s fishing industry and instead reform its fisheries, according to the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), with a new report…

4th March 2024

EJF: Pair trawling turning future valuable catches into today’s ‘trash fish’

4th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The fishing industry is urging EU member states to call out Norway for its ‘disloyal attitude’ towards EU fishing rights.

14th February 2024

EU fishers slam Norway’s ‘disloyalty’

14th February 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Fisheries ministers attending the high-level MedFish4Ever conference in Malta (3-4 October 2023) have been called upon by the NGO community to end the illegal bottom trawling, which they say that is driving…

3rd October 2023

MedFish4Ever Summit: Fisheries ministers urged to end illegal bottom trawling

3rd October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Ireland’s government has been urged to implement cross-departmental action that enables the fishing industry to transition to low impact, low emissions fisheries that in turn deliver on commitments to halt biodiversity loss…

11th May 2023

Fisheries action = climate action, Irish leaders told

11th May 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A form of illegal bottom trawling is causing severe environmental and economic damage to the Gulf of Gabès in Tunisia, according to a new report from the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) and…

7th April 2023

Report: Kiss trawling destroying livelihoods

7th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

One month after the publication of the European Commission’s ‘Action Plan: Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries’, fishing industry leaders and EU member state representatives have met in…

22nd March 2023

EU stakeholders discuss future of bottom trawling

22nd March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission’s new Action Plan for EU fisheries and aquaculture has been praised the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) for acknowledging the social dimension of fisheries and the role they play…

23rd February 2023

ETF: EU plan fails workers

23rd February 2023