🎣 What must change to secure a fair and sustainable future for fishing in Europe?
Each month, #MakeFishingFair will showcase "Voices from the Sea", where fishers share what it means to work at sea, and the realities of small-scale fishing in their country: bit.ly/4roHf9E
The EU #OceanAct must drive a just transition to low-impact activities that protect coastal communities, ensure sustainable livelihoods, & support a regenerative #BlueEconomy.
Giving low-impact fishers preferential access to all EU coastal waters, is key to this. #MakeFishingFair
Small boat on a beach while a large industrial trawler fishes offshore
For the times that are in it …
#MakeFishingFair #islands
📢 Tomorrow the @europarl.europa.eu PECH Committee will decide on a future fisheries agreement.
It’s time to:
✅ #MakeFishingFair
✅ Stop illegal fishing
✅ Protect marine life
Learn more➡️ www.iuuwatch.eu/2025/06/a-bl...
87% of Spaniards polled want more quotas for small-scale fishers to:
🎣 Protect local jobs
🦐 Ensure fresh, local seafood
🌊 Safeguard the ocean
Citizens are clear: they demand to #MakeFishingFair!
➡️ europe.oceana.org/press-releas...
According to a @yougov.co.uk poll published by @oceanaeurope.bsky.social, 87% of surveyed Spaniards support giving more fishing quotas to small-scale fishers, while 78% favour reducing quotas for industrial vessel operators. #MakeFishingFair
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It was great to meet Laura Fayet fisherwoman from Lake Geneva in Switzerland # who called to #Arranmore to see #Muireann and #Neily today to hear about their advocacy work and tell us about very similar issues around fishing in their country
#WomenInFisheries #islands
#MakeFishingFair #pollack
#Muireann #CFP #pollack #iimro #MakeFishingFair #islands #Article17
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Strong public support in Spain 🇪🇸 for #sustainablefishing reflects legal requirements under the #CommonFisheriesPolicy.
Spain must lead by example on this by prioritising quota allocation to boats that provide more local jobs and minimize harm to the ocean. #MakeFishingFair
El 87 % de los españoles quiere más cuotas para la pesca artesanal para:
🎣Proteger el empleo local
🦐Tener pescado fresco y de cercanía
🌊Cuidar el océano
España debe escuchar a su ciudadanía al definir sus criterios de reparto #MakeFishingFair
Más: europe.oceana.org/es/press-rel...
NEWS! 87% of Spaniards want more quotas for small-scale fishers to:
🎣 Protect local jobs
🦐 Ensure fresh, local seafood
🌊 Safeguard the ocean
As Spain prepares to develop its allocation criteria, citizens are clear! #MakeFishingFair
More: europe.oceana.org/press-releas...
Listen back to the #MakeFishingFair event in the
@europarl.europa.eu
#IIMRO spoke alongside other #LIFE members Les ligneurs de la Pointe de Bretagne & Sveridg to emphasise the importance of #Article17 of the #CFP for fair access to fishing opportunities
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#SSF #islands
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
Similarly to receiving the smallest share of fisheries funding, small-scale fishers are starved of quotas, landing just 6% of the catch.
EU fishing nations must work with coastal communities to create fairer allocation criteria.🎣
#MakeFishingFair
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Hear these fishers who struggle to make a living because quotas are unfairly distributed.
If we are serious about giving job to everyone and tackling climate change, the fishing quotas system must change, NOW!
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#MakeFishingFair #RethinkFisheries
