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Isabella Lövin comments on fisheries Council – media coverage

Posted on March 1, 2013 by axel

Early Wednesday morning 27 Februari fisheries ministers decided they do not want to ban fish discards. As the governments have now agreed on their common position, the negotiations between the European Parliament and Council can start. A selection of the … Continue reading →

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Victory for the fish

Posted on February 6, 2013 by isabella

We are all a bit shocked here – but happy! We thought we knew that we would win the vote about the fisheries reform today – but not with such a large majority. And we did not know that we … Continue reading →

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We won!

Posted on December 18, 2012 by isabella

Today’s vote in the Fisheries Committee was historic. With 13 votes in favour, 10 against and 2 abstentions, we got support for an end to overfishing, a ban on discards, the introduction of a network of marine protected areas and … Continue reading →

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Keynote speech: Major conflicts and challenges in the CFP reform

Posted on October 4, 2012 by axel

On 1 October 2012 Isabella Lövin gave a keynote speech at the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) in Dublin, Ireland: Last chance to change European fisheries and save our seas? Major conflicts and challenges in the CFP reform. … Continue reading →

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European release: The book that changed Swedish fisheries

Posted on July 17, 2012 by axel

July 2012: Silent Seas released in English Find it at Amazon.co.uk & Amazon.com Silent Seas is the book that made the Swedish government reverse its fisheries policy and changed the author’s career from journalist to politician. Now the English translation … Continue reading →

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Short-sighted EU ministers fail to tackle problems of overfishing and wasteful discards

Posted on June 13, 2012 by axel

Press release 13.06.2012 EU fisheries ministers late last night decided their position on proposals to reform the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The Greens expressed dismay that the ministers weakened some of the positive elements of the CFP reform proposed … Continue reading →

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Callum Roberts: “We can turn around our impacts on the ocean”

Posted on May 31, 2012 by axel

Today professor Callum Roberts’ new book “Ocean of Life” is released, and today he presented the book in the European Parliament in Brussels. We humans put the oceans under a lot of stress. Apart from overfishing, pollution and acidification are … Continue reading →

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