NGOs urge EU Parliament to remain firm against fisheries subsidies

CCB • Mar 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) .

Global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Ottawa - INC4

By CCB • 24 Apr, 2024
On April, 21 the 4 th session of Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee to develop a global plastics treaty has started in Ottawa, Canada. Coalition Clean Baltic along with some of its Members, including SSNC, ASC/CES, and Ecopartnerstvo is taking part in INC-4.

CMS grants the endangered Baltic Proper Harbour Porpoise the highest protection status following concerted action from NGOs

By CCB • 15 Feb, 2024
The common harbour porpoise is critically endangered in the central Baltic Sea and off the Iberian Peninsula, with only a few hundred individuals left. However, effective measures to enable the recovery of these special populations have so far been lacking. At the meeting of the UN Convention on Migratory Species (CMS COP14, 12-17 Feb 2024), the Baltic Proper harbour porpoise has now been included in Appendix I: This recognises this sub-population as critically endangered and emergency measures can be taken to save it.
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