Crisis is business as usual for the Baltic
An event organised in Brussels by Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) has marked five years of emergency management of Baltic fisheries designed to protect the Eastern Baltic cod stock…
Implementing Article 17 to Make Fishing Fair
Signed by 37 organisations representing thousands of fishing people across Europe, an open letter delivered this week to Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans & Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius outlines the steps…
Small-scale sector demands fishing be made fair
Small-scale and coastal fishing people across Europe continue to sign the letter from LIFE Platform to EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius, setting out the need for a reset in the way…
Fighting for a future
Fourteen-year-old fisher Muireann Kavanagh travelled from Arranmore Island in Co. Donegal to the European Parliament in Strasbourg for a series of meetings with MEPs, facilitated by Chris MacManus MEP. She’s…
French court upholds ruling on bluefin quota allocation
More than seven years on from the initial court appearance to challenge the allocation by the French authorities of quotas for bluefin tuna, a group of organisations representing small-scale fisheries…
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Legislating for yesterday’s problem
Ideas floated by the European Commission in its proposals for selectivity devices to reduce by-catch in Baltic fisheries have been slammed by European coastal fisheries network LIFE Platform. In a…
Time to implement CFP Article 17, says Europe’s small-scale sector
Representing small-scale fishing across Europe, LIFE Platform is calling for the immediate implementation of Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy, just as the European Commission is set to publish…
Changes at LIFE
It’s ten years since a group of fifty small-scale fishermen met in Brussels, coming together from nine EU nations, to establish Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) as a dedicated…
Small-scale fishing gets its day in Parliament
This week the European Parliament in Strasbourg will vote on a motion for a resolution on small-scale fisheries, with LIFE Platform, representing European small-scale fishermen, calling for a differentiated approach…
Celebrating women’s roles in fisheries
The Balearic Government joined the celebration of International Rural Women’s Day on 15th of October by organising the first Day of the Equality Plan of the Balearic Islands. The primary…