Cover letter to the EU Commissioner for Fisheries regarding our joint Briefing Series with recommendations to the EU and the UK on fishing opportunities for 2026 and beyond

A cover letter co-signed by 30 organisations calling on the EU and UK to set catch limits below scientific single-stock advice to protect fish populations and coastal communities from climate change and overfishing.

• The authors urge the EU and UK to set fishing opportunities well below the best available scientific single-stock advice to end overfishing of shared stocks and enhance ecosystem resilience against climate change.
• The letter recommends several specific actions for the EU Commissioner for Fisheries, including setting catch limits below maximum catch advice, respecting legally binding safeguards in Multi-Annual Plans to prevent reproductive capacity loss, and fully implementing the western Mediterranean multiannual plan.
• The organisations advocate for a precautionary approach that considers mixed fisheries and interspecies dynamics, the elimination of bycatch and discards, and the use of environmental and social criteria for quota allocation to incentivise low-impact fishing.

APA

ClientEarth (2025). Cover letter to the EU Commissioner for Fisheries regarding our joint Briefing Series with recommendations to the EU and the UK on fishing opportunities for 2026 and beyond. https://www.clientearth.org/latest/documents/cover-letter-to-the-eu-commissioner-for-fisheries-regarding-our-joint-briefing-series-with-recommendations-to-the-eu-and-the-uk-on-fishing-opportunities-for-2026-and-beyond/

Chicago

ClientEarth. Cover letter to the EU Commissioner for Fisheries regarding our joint Briefing Series with recommendations to the EU and the UK on fishing opportunities for 2026 and beyond. 2025. https://www.clientearth.org/latest/documents/cover-letter-to-the-eu-commissioner-for-fisheries-regarding-our-joint-briefing-series-with-recommendations-to-the-eu-and-the-uk-on-fishing-opportunities-for-2026-and-beyond/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2025cover, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{Cover letter to the EU Commissioner for Fisheries regarding our joint Briefing Series with recommendations to the EU and the UK on fishing opportunities for 2026 and beyond}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2025}, month = dec, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/latest/documents/cover-letter-to-the-eu-commissioner-for-fisheries-regarding-our-joint-briefing-series-with-recommendations-to-the-eu-and-the-uk-on-fishing-opportunities-for-2026-and-beyond/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }