1 October, 2013

Following the exchange of views in the Fisheries Committee on September 18th, in which many inaccuracies were stated about deep-­sea fish and fisheries, we would like to provide you with the best available information regarding the status and biological characteristics of deep-­sea stocks, by-catch and discard rates of deep-­sea fisheries, and EU and international precedents of restricting deep‐sea bottom trawls and gillnets.

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1 June, 2013

Letter to the Members of the European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee adressing the Progress on Commission’s proposal (COM(2012)0371) for a regulation establishing specific conditions to fishing for deep-sea stocks in EU and international waters of the North-East Atlantic.

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1 March, 2013

The European Union has one of the world’s largest deep-sea fishing fleets. There is widespread scientific evidence that deep-sea bottom trawl fishing is the greatest direct threat to deep-sea biodiversity and ecosystems, including coldwater coral reefs, sponge gardens and seamount ecosystems, and causes serious declines in deep-sea fish populations.

Available in English.