News on the topic of sustainable fisheries

Deep sea fisheries unprofitable

02. September 2011

In the search for new fishing grounds, international fishing fleets have extended their activities to the deep sea. Dr. Rainer Froese (Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, IFM-GEOMAR and Cluster of Excellence "The Future Ocean") …

Fishing at the Edge of Collapse

06. July 2011

German marine ecologist gives bad marks for the Common Fisheries Policy of Europe

Ecologically disastrous, economically senseless and questionable from a democratic point of view – this is how marine ecologist Dr Rainer Froese from the …

Cluster in Brussels – consultation on Common Fisheries Policy Reform

01. June 2011

Rainer Froese (IFM-GEOMAR) particiated in a consultation in the European Parliament on the Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. Attendees included representatives of the Directorate General on Maritime Affairs and Fisheries with their …