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On the 4th of February 2021, Europêche released a statement on their website that claimed 99% of the landings from EU-managed stocks were fished sustainably. Research shows the claim is mostly false. Europêche is an organization representing vessels and fishermen from ten European countries. They promote fluent communication between the European institutions and the fishing sector. Despite representing the fishing sector, Europêche has affiliations with the Union Armateurs Pêche de France (UAPF), which is registered as a lobby group. Moreover, Europêche has affiliations with Cluster Maritime Française with members such as ADAM assurances, AXA, BNP Paribas Fortis and Deter Oil. Europêche’s response After contacting the organisation, Europêche’s policy advisor Rosalie Tukker referred to a European report that mentioned the percentage of landings from EU-managed and sustainably fished stocks. The report’s introduction mentions that in 2019 almost 100% of the landings from fish stocks exclusively managed by the EU were at maximum-sustainable-yield level." A report published by the European Commission in June 2020 says that it "is expected that in 2020 more than 99% of the landings in the Baltic
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