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Portuguese minister: We have one ocean, we need to look after it globally
International cooperation to tackle global challenges facing marine resources is strongly needed as problems such as ocean warming cannot be solved by a bunch of countries only, Portugal's minister of the Sea Ricardo Serrão Santos said in an exclusive interview.
Council and Parliament agree on ‘flexible’ fishing limits for North Sea
EU member states and Norway reached a preliminary agreement with the European Parliament late on Thursday night (7 December) on fishing limits in the North Sea ahead of next week's Fisheries Council.
Impact of Brexit on clean energy investment downplayed
The upcoming EU referendum will have less of an impact on UK clean energy investment than feared and domestic environmental policy will not suffer either, the chairman of a top consultancy firm has claimed. EURACTIV’s partner edie.net reports.
Current EU fisheries policy is unsustainable, study says
The EU’s fishing industry could be heading towards ruin without robust regulatory reform, says a new WWF-commissioned study published today (16 October).The EU fails to protect cetaceans
European policies – and in particular the Common Fisheries Policy – put numerous species of whales and dolphins at risk of extinction, partly due to a disconnect between scientific research and policy, argues Greek MEP Kriton Arsenis (S&D).