Frenar la sobrepesca

Overfishing is at present still the most disruptive threat to functioning marine and coastal ecosystems. Since the developments with adapting and deploying military technology at industrial scale in combination with massive public subsidies overfishing is no longer localised but brings down global production of wild fish since the mid-1990s.

For a strong European Ocean Act

For a strong European Ocean Act

Mundus maris asbl se encuentra entre las más de 140 organizaciones que apoyan el Manifiesto Azul por un Océano sano y resiliente para 2030. ¡Esta [...]

Stop harmful fisheries subsidies – successful Step One!

Stop harmful fisheries subsidies – successful Step One!

Change-makers at the Ministerial Conference (MC13) of the WTO (courtesy Pew Charitable Funds) After more than 20 years of foot dragging negotiations, the [...]

Bycatch in EU Fisheries: From Awareness to Action

Bycatch in EU Fisheries: From Awareness to Action

Welcome by MEP Paulo do Nascimento Cabral This year's EU Ocean Week organised by the big Blue NGOs in collaboration with Members of [...]

Screening & Discussion: OCEAN with David Attenborough

Screening & Discussion: OCEAN with David Attenborough

Three MEPs graced this special event in the evening of Wednesday, 15 October 2025: Isabella Lövin, Christophe Clergeau, and Sebastian Everding. Moderated by Laura Sullivan, [...]

Shark Lab: Protecting Sharks for a Healthy Ocean

Shark Lab: Protecting Sharks for a Healthy Ocean

Explanations and display of fins mostly from endangered shark species confiscated at Frankfurt Airport. The diversity of fins in container shipments clearly shows that [...]

Examples of participatory marine protection from across the EU

Examples of participatory marine protection from across the EU

Hosted by MEP Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Member of the Fisheries Committee and Vice-Chair of the SEArica Intergroup, this EU Ocean Week session on Wednesday, [...]

Foreign overfishing fuels Senegal’s deadly migration crisis to Europe

Foreign overfishing fuels Senegal’s deadly migration crisis to Europe

The decades-long overexploitation of the marine fisheries resources of most West African countries is one of the top drivers of illegal immigration to Europe via [...]

A few more highlights from UNOC3

A few more highlights from UNOC3

Intense conversations, great initiatives, a fantastic festive atmosphere in the public Green Zone of the UN Ocean Conference and much stiffer terms in the governments' [...]

Make Fishing Fair in the EU, 25 March 2025

Make Fishing Fair in the EU, 25 March 2025

MEPs Isabella Lövin, Luke Ming Flanagan, and Emma Fourreau hosted the meeting ‘Make Fishing Fair’ organised by Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) and Blue [...]

The 4 Blue Notebooks | Les 4 Cahiers Bleus | Los 4 Cuadernos Azules

The 4 Blue Notebooks | Les 4 Cahiers Bleus | Los 4 Cuadernos Azules

Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Océano (UNOC 3), Niza (Francia), del 9 al 13 de junio de 2025 (organizada conjuntamente por Francia y [...]