🌊 Small-scale fishers in the Med warn that fish populations are declining. 🐟
We don’t need a new law, we need to properly implement the rules of the #CommonFisheriesPolicy. ⚖️
#RethinkFisheries #EUFisheries #EUBiodiversity #EUOceanPact #CFP #AGRIFISH
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NGOs met with Commissioner Costas Kadis to discuss 2026 environmental priorities & the delivery of the #CommonFisheriesPolicy🐟
The #CFP is key to restoring fish populations & marine ecosystems. It’s the time to fulfil its potential
Read more👉https://shorturl.at/ZroTi
#EUFisheries #RethinkFisheries

6/10
Europe’s legal eel industry is valued in the hundreds of millions.
But the illegal eel industry?
Try €2–3 BILLION A YEAR.
Yes — billion.
Glass eels are trafficked like drugs because they’re THAT lucrative.

#EelRecovery #EUfisheries

8/9
The real questions nobody in the sector wants amplified:
• Can SEG be independent while funded by DUPAN?
• Can certification stop illegal eel from blending into legal supply?
• Is this conservation — or market protection dressed as conservation?

#EUFisheries

[Publication] Women in fisheries – State of play and progress on gender equity in the EU Publication: October 2025 Download: English Authors: Jannyna MIRES-ROJAS (Trainee), Irina POPESCU and Marcus BREUER (Research administrators) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Women play a crucial but often overlo…

📢 In-depth analysis on "Women in fisheries🌊 - State of play and progress on gender equity in the EU"🇪🇺

👉Read more here: bit.ly/4nFMbEY

Analysis from EP Policy Department

#research #Fisheries #EUFisheries #GenderEquality

4/7
SEG blocks audited, non-commercial eel restocking in the Baltic lagoons.

Why?
No profit, no support.

So much for “science-led recovery.”
#BalticEels #EelRecovery #EUFisheries @DefraGovUK @BBCRadio4 #Greenwashing

2/7
The Eel Stewardship Fund (ESF) is a levy on every eel eaten.

They say it funds “restocking” & “research.”
Translation?
The more you consume, the more you “conserve.”

That’s not science. That’s marketing.
#Greenwashing #EUFisheries #EelCrisis

The Eel Stewardship Fund (ESF) = a levy on every eel eaten.
Money goes to “restocking” & “research.”
Translation: the more you consume, the more you “conserve.”
That’s not science. That’s marketing.
#Greenwashing #EUFisheries @CITES

🐟 Improved tools to tackle non-sustainable fishing by non-EU countries: Council & Parliament reach deal aiming to:

✅ promote fair competition
✅ improve cooperation with third countries
✅ help preserve shared fish stocks

#EUFisheries #AGRIFISH @press.consilium.europa.eu

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