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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
It has taken more than four years, but a case challenging the mechanism used to allocate bluefin tuna quotas, has finally gone to court – with a judgement in favour…
A class action brought by Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) and French small-scale fishermen over the legality of the mechanism behind the French bluefin tuna quota allocation has languished…
Foodnected, a new project designed to promote the transition to sustainable and fair food systems in the Mediterranean region, is launched on 10th March at a virtual event as part…
Dutch inshore fishermen have seen the encircling gill net technique that had been excluded as a method for catching bass under the 2017 conservation measures now recognised and reinstated. This…
More than three decades of successive Common Fisheries Policies have discriminated against and marginalised small-scale low impact fishing and communities, favouring industrialised overfishing, according to small-scale fishing organisation LIFE Platform.…