NGOs urge EU Parliament to remain firm against fisheries subsidies

CCB • March 17, 2017

CCB together with more than 100 European Organisations call upon MEPs to support the 2014 Parliament position that maintained the ban on subsidies for the construction of new fishing vessels, which has existed in the EU since 2004. Reintroducing the opportunity to use subsidies for new fisheries vessel would undermine the objectives of the reformed Common Fisheries Policy to end overfishing, the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (in particular SDG14) and the ongoing negotiations on fisheries subsidies in the WTO.

We therefore ask all MEPs to oppose attempts to re-introduce subsidies for the construction of fishing vessels in the upcoming vote on 22 March on the “Management of the fishing fleets in the outermost regions” 2016/2016(INI) .

Damning new report: EU fish polluted with ‘forever chemicals’, while governments seek to delay action

By CCB • September 9, 2025
A new report from the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and its member organisations reveals widespread PFAS contamination in wild fish across Europe, with many samples far exceeding proposed new safety limits. These so-called "forever chemicals" pose a growing threat to public health and aquatic ecosystems - yet EU Member States are pushing to delay action on needed pollution controls until 2039.

NGOs Welcome Commission's Precautionary Baltic Sea Fishing Limits for 2026

By CCB • August 27, 2025
Council Must Follow Commission's Lead to Protect Critical Small Pelagic Fish Populations