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Scientists urge EU to end Mediterranean ‘overfishing crisis'

Experts said EU leaders need to act to prevent the collapse of the region's fish stocks.

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Fish eaters beware! European report warns of mercury threat

Diet is the primary way in which people in Europe are exposed to mercury

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Europe briefing: eight stories you need to know about today

In a hurry? Here’s our lunchtime briefing of the key stories from around Europe.

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Cross-Channel scallop spat no business of Brussels

"We invite the national authorities to resolve any dispute in an amicable way"

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France

Scallop wars: French and British fishermen pledge talks to solve spat

French and British fishermen have said they will attend talks to quell a dispute over access to the scallop-rich seabed off the coast of Normandy in northern France.

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Europe briefing: Eight stories to know about today

In a rush? Here are eight stories from around Europe that you need to know about today, Wednesday, August 29.

Germany

Germany: Fish are dying in rivers from heatwave

In West Germany where temperatures have reached around 39 degree's celcius, there's hardly been any rain in the last few months, leaving the Rhine river in Cologne very low leaving fish to suffocate

France

What's killing France's dolphins?

Some 700 dolphins washed up dead on French beaches over the winter, figures reveal, most of them victims of the fishing industry.

Italy

Italy 'turns blind eye' to more than 10,000 hours of illegal fishing

20 Italian bottom-trawling vessels were caught fishing within closed areas of the Strait of Sicily designed to protect young hake — the most overfished species in the Mediterranean.

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Mediterranean is world’s most overfished sea: report

A third of the the world’s commercial fish species are being caught at unsustainable levels, with overfishing at its most severe in the Mediterranean and Black Sea, according to a new report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

United Kingdom

Brits could be battered by post-Brexit 'fish and chips price rise'

The price of fish and chips could go up if Britain leaves the European Union without securing a trade deal with Brussels, it’s been claimed.

Europe News

Brexit: fishing industry faces choppy waters

Dutch fishing companies fear EU divorce will force them out of lucrative English waters

United Kingdom

Brexit brings opportunity for UK fishing boom: report

If the UK switches to sustainable fishing, it could increase its catch by almost 30% over the next decade, according to new research.

Senegal

Senegal's fishermen say European overfishing is crippling them

For Senegal’s fishing communities, work over the last few years has been sparse — and they blame overfishing by European and other foreign companies.

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UK, Ireland top EU countries ignoring scientific advice on Atlantic fishing

“The risk of not following scientific advice is that the EU misses its 2020 deadline in the Common Fisheries Policy to bring down fishing pressure to what is sustainable,” the report’s author, Griffin Carpenter, told Euronews.

Cinema

Pollution puts Faroe Islanders in the spotlight in new documentary

'The Islands and the Whales' sheds light on the battle between modern life and centuries-old traditions in the Faroe Islands.

United Kingdom

Farage returns to Thames to make fisheries protest

Jacob Rees-Mogg and Tory Brexiteers launch protest over transition period but cry off boat trip after Tory whips get tough, leaving Nigel Farage to get his hands dirty, dumping fish in the river opposite Westminster.

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Ice fishing in France

It was finally cold enough for the much anticipated ice fishing season to launch in central France

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Fishing boat rams bridge in Denmark

The vessel became stuck in ice and after the skipper was rescued drifted into the Aggersund Bridge