22 Sep 2026
Photo by Paul Einerhand A new report from Blue Marine Foundation argues that continued overfishing, rather than climate change or other external pressures, remains the dominant force behind the decline of the UK’s fish populations, and that the outcome is a political choice rather than an inevitability. Apocalypse Now: The True Cost of Overfishing, published in September […]
25 Nov 2025
Photo by Ben Wicks The North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission’s annual meeting has ended in deadlock after most members rejected EU proposals to set mackerel and blue whiting quotas in line with scientific advice, raising fears of continued severe overfishing. The meeting, held in London from 11th to 14th November, failed to reach comprehensive […]
18 Nov 2025
Photo by Tom Brown The UK government has been warned that its flagship post-Brexit fisheries law is “failing” to deliver on promises of revitalised fish stocks and thriving coastal communities. MPs, environmentalists and some inshore fishermen argue the Fisheries Act, introduced after the UK left the EU’s fisheries policy, continues to allow overfishing and inadequately distributes […]