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EU ministers set cautious Baltic fish quotas amid fear over Russian hauls

Fisheries ministers have agreed to maintain low fishing quotas for most fish stocks in the highly polluted Baltic Sea but concerns grow over the presence of Russian vessels, which might exploit the reduced opportunities for EU fishers.

Green News

NGOs target new Commission with launch of ‘Blue Manifesto’

With a European Oceans Pact in the pipeline and a new Fisheries and Oceans Commissioner set to take office later this year, green groups have set out their demands for the next EU executive.

Markets

How climate change is battering one of Norway's key commodity markets

Climate change is having an effect on one of Norway's most important commodity markets - the fishing sector. Euronews Business looks at what steps are being taken to protect it.

Nature

Cats outnumber humans on this dreamy Japanese island

There are 100 cats in Tashirojima and only 50 humans.

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Green News

Belgium issues ultimatum over energy tax reform

A revision of a law setting minimum levies for fuels and electricity promised to bring an end to the era of tax-free energy for airlines and ship operators, but reform has been stalled for years, with EU governments unable to agree on how to update the 20-year-old Energy Taxation Directive.

Green News

France protests UK’s post-Brexit bottom trawling ban

Fishermen in northern France say that the ban threatens their livelihoods but UK officials have stressed it applies to all boats.

Nature

Euroviews. A bottom trawl ban in marine protected areas would be good for all

The damage caused by bottom trawling should not be underestimated. Marine-protected areas across the world must be properly protected and free of rampant industrialisation, Hugo Tagholm and Nicolas Fournier write.

Nature

Greece to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas by 2030

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said it was a “historic moment for conservation in Greece”.

Green News

Consequences of iceless Great Lakes still a mystery, scientists say

The lakes hit their lowest ice cover in over 50 years last month, with experts warning that toxic algal blooms and lower fish stocks could follow.

Taiwan

China's coast guard to up patrols near Taiwan's Kinmen archipelago

China's Taiwan Affairs Office vowed on Sunday further measures, without clarifying further detail.

Green News

France introduces Bay of Biscay fishing ban to protect dolphins

In the Bay of Biscay, an estimated 9,000 dolphin deaths are caused each year by accidents with fishing equipment

Nature

Bottom trawling kicks up tonnes of carbon dioxide, study finds

The damage done by dragging huge nets across the bottom of the sea includes releasing plumes of carbon dioxide.

Green News

Millions of plastic pellets from Spanish spill could be eaten by fish

“The contamination of the oceans and ecosystems with plastics is one of the biggest problems faced by humanity,” Spain’s minister for the environment, Teresa Ribera, said.

Health news

France temporarily bans oyster production in Arcachon over norovirus

Multiple people were sick over Christmas, with authorities saying reports indicated it was linked to oysters.

Europe News

Euroviews. Europe is allowing forced labour at sea to run wild

How can one ban fishing products from forced labour without being able to identify the vessels’ legal owners and the individuals who ultimately benefit from these offences, Matti Kohonen writes.

Climate

Swallowed by the sea: Barely anyone remains in this Mexican town

In the shadow of Mexico’s oil industry, a fishing community has been lost to the rising seas.

Culture news

Björk and Rosalía release song ‘Oral’ to fight industrial fish farming

The profits of Björk and Rosalía's new song, ‘Oral’, will help pay the legal fees of the people of Fjord Seyðisfjörður, who are protesting foreign-owned salmon farming operations.

Nature

Euroviews. Our overfished seas have nothing left to give

As the UK and the EU are setting fishing quotas for 2024, we must end overfishing or risk marine collapse and its devastating consequences for communities and wildlife, Hugo Tagholm and Dr Callum Roberts write.

Nature

Baltic herring population threatened by warming sea temperatures

Finns have been fishing for herring for generations, but new reduced EU quotas are threatening the traditional livelihoods of coastal communities.

Climate

This floating Amazon village has been ‘isolated’ by severe drought

Cut off from Amazon River lifelines by record drought, these villagers are struggling to make a living.