Great to see that the fair allocation of fishing opportunities to those who provide the most benefits to society is becoming an increasingly discussed topic at EU level. Time to implement the CFP’s provisions and to #MakeFishingFair! #CFPreality#OceanPact
LIFE event on 25/3: Can’t be at the European Parliament? Join us online! 🐟
We’ll discuss rebalancing fishing opportunities, hear powerful stories from SSFs across Europe, and look ahead with MEPs & DG MARE. 🌊
📺 Watch live at 12:30 CET : https://t.co/Z2Zt0kXSef
In the EP @EP_Fisheries#Art17 live now: @lukeming raising key questions on Article 17 implementation and the need for a binding framework to ensure a fair allocation of opportunities. Coastal communities depend on it! ⚓🌊 #MakeFishingFair#Article17
Protect the ocean, so it can protect us 🌊 Almost 200,000 of you used your voices to stand up for the oceans and ask for an end to bottom trawling within marine protected areas . I had the joy of ensuring your voices were heard, delivering this petition box to @DefraGovUK 🌊💙🪸
⏳Despite over 35% of UK seas being designated as protected, bottom trawling continues to threaten fragile ecosystems. It's time to stop. 🐟
Add your voice. Sign the petition👉https://t.co/SB7FGcv1C8
#TransformBottomTrawling
Bottom trawling leaves lifeless deserts where there were once vibrant habitats – it has no place in our marine protected areas.
198,000+ people across Europe are calling on their governments to protect the ocean.
This #WorldFisheriesDay, join the call: https://t.co/butQ2X4uva
Extraordinary 3 things finally said on #bbcqt
1. How serious the #ClimateCrisis is
2. What we need to do to stop it
3. Who is trying to stop us
Nice work @GeorgeMonbiot 🔥
The latest edition of LIFE’s Catch of the Day #newsletter is online! Highlights include: 🔹Updates on LIFE’s advocacy efforts🔹Policy news impacting small-scale fisheries across Europe 🔹Press coverage on LIFE Members
Read the full issue here 👉 https://t.co/wHSM9hfq9g
Panel #2, discusses bottom trawling and MPAs with @OceanaEurope and @FSK_Forening.
“Small scale, low impact fishing sector is the solution for many of the problems we are facing” David Lange from @FSK_Forening
Finally, and importantly, the #MakeFishingFair panel.
Gwen, Muireann & Isaac have travelled to Brussels to share their testimonials, call for help and showcase what they are doing to create positive change.
@islandsmarine @LIFEplatformEU
Making the difference in EU fisheries: the daily fight of SSFs for recognition, fishing opportunities and generational renewal explained by LIFE members Gwen, Muireann and Isaac #MakeFishingFair#RethinkFisheries#Oceanweek
🌊 Ahead of #OceanWeek, remember Step 1 of our #Manifesto towards fair fisheries: a differentiated approach to SSF and LSF - different in nature, meeting different needs, contributing in different ways to achieving the #GreenDeal 2050 targets. 🦀➡️https://t.co/wGdu98SM1V
🎣 Join LIFE Members Gwen, Isaac, & Muireann in front of the @EUparliament in #Brussels on 1/10 for the #Rethinkfisheries event! Hear their inspiring stories & calls to action for fairer fisheries.🐟 Register here 👉 https://t.co/p21UaQDimf
#OceanWeek2024#MakeFishingFair
Despite a decade of promises from @scotgov, bottom-trawling & scallop dredging continue to devastate vital ecosystems in the Small Isles MPA near the Isle of Rum.
Thanks to the vital work of @TheOpenSeas for bringing this to the forefront time & time again.
Action is needed.
📅On 01/10, join us to the #RethinkFisheries event, in front of EP for #EUOceanWeek🌊
It'll bring together fishers, policy, thinkers & NGOs to reflect on the future of EU #fisheries🎣, destructive fishing in #MPAs🌱, the role of #artisanalfishers🐟
👉 https://t.co/eJugjBOklc