The North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC), whose members are the European Union, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Russia and the United Kingdom, held its annual meeting in London Nov. 12-15 ...

By Shanna Hanbury The critically endangered European eel population is facing collapse in Spain’s Ebro Delta, where populations have plummeted by more than 80% in recent years, according to a new ...

There is growing public support for marine protection across Europe as 73 per cent of people support a ban on bottom trawling ...

A new European Wetland Map shows Europe's peatlands, floodplains and coastal wetlands more comprehensively than ever before in one map. Compiled from about 200 data sources, this map informs policy ...

The UK has banned European vessels from catching the silvery fish species in its North Sea waters but the EU is challenging the move.

That means that if we can prevent further erosion of this genetic diversity in shortfin mako sharks by urgently curbing overfishing, we have more hope for this species to retain the resilience ...

Overfishing is among the biggest challenges threatening the health of our oceans, the livelihoods of millions of families living in coastal communities, and the business opportunities of seafood and ...

Overfishing remains a primary driver of the ... Unlike many fish species, European eels belong to a single population. They all spawn in the Sargasso Sea in the Caribbean. The larvae then hitch ...