Oceana welcomes @ec.europa.eu's recognition of coastal communities' needs, but words aren't enough.
We call for the #EUOceanAct to establish an EU-wide exclusive coastal zone for small-scale fishers, free from destructive fishing like bottom trawling.
The @ec.europa.eu has published its evaluation of the #CommonFisheriesPolicy, assessing how the EU’s fisheries framework has performed since the 2013 reform.
✅The CFP remains fit for purpose, but only if it's fully and consistently implemented.
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Report here: t.co/twWHMBX5SD
#BREAKING: New Oceana analysis shows that creating an exclusive coastal zone for small-scale fishers in Cyprus would bring minimal costs but maximum gains for marine life, coastal communities, and the blue economy.
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The Commission’s latest maritime spatial planning report is clear:
The problem isn’t nature laws, it’s implementation.
-Ecosystem rules mostly stay on paper,
-nature goals rarely shape plans
Just afterthoughts
Weakening laws won’t fix this,delivery will.
#OceanAct
Extract👇
Europe’s last nature is under threat.
Over 80% of habitats are already in poor condition, yet EU laws protecting wildlife and ocean risk being weakened. We can’t trade health and nature for short-term profit of a few.
Sign and tell the EU: #HandsOffNature
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