Achieving transparency and combating IUU fishing

EU leadership is vital to improve global fisheries transparency and governance to end illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU).

 

#BanBottomTrawling

Fishing nets as tall as a three-story building and as wide as a football field scoop up the seabed everyday. In seconds, these nets destroy everything in their path, killing dolphins, seals, corals, seahorses and hundreds of other marine species.

 

Shining a light on the dark side of EU fisheries 

This animation vividly portrays why it's finally time to make EU fishing controls fully transparent for fair, legal and sustainable fish.

 

The EU fisheries control coalition reports

In a recent announcement by The World Bank Croatia has potential to become a blue economy champion in the European Union. Here are some success stories reported from small-scale fisheries communities.