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Adrift! Swordfish and Driftnets in the Mediterranean Sea
28/10/2009
This report was documents the use of illegal driftnets in the Mediterranean Sea by countries including Italy,Morocco, Turkey and Algeria. Driftnets ha ...
Analysis of Expected Consequences for Developing Countries of the IUU Fishing Proposed Regulation and Identification of Measures Needed to Implement the Regulation - Phase 2
04/05/2009
This report describes the findings of an evaluation of the expected impacts of Council Regulation (EC) No.1005/2008 of 29th September 2008 establishin ...
Corruption and Industrial Fishing in Africa
01/12/2008
Africas marine resources are increasingly in demand and are gaining in geopolitical importance. Competition between key fishing nations for access and ...
The Plunder of BlueFin Tuna in the Mediterranean & East Atlantic During 2006-2007
31/10/2007
This report follows on from a similar one covering the period 2003-04. The author ex ...
Illegal Driftnetting in the Mediterranean
11/07/2007
This report reveals that the tourist’s taste for swordfish is wiping out the species and damaging the marine environment. Swordfish is a quintes ...
The Use of Driftnets by the Moroccan fleet
01/11/2006
As part of its 2006 campaign, Oceana travelled for three months on board Oceana Ranger research vessel in order to document and report the most signif ...
Fish Elsewhere
Thirty years ago the North African territory of Western Sahara was invaded by Morocco. The European Commission is currently finalising a Fisheries Partnership Agreement with Morocco, allowing EU fishing access to Moroccan waters. It would allow European boats to fish in the illegally occupied waters of Western Sahara. This would violate international law and prolong the 30-year-old conflict. A coalition of campaign groups, trade unions and politicians from across Europe and around the world has launched a campaign to exclude Western Sahara from the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement. 
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01/09/2010
Morocco Bans Driftnets
04/06/2010
Morocco stalls EU-Sahara fisheries examination
24/05/2010
"EU subsidises companies guilty of illegal fishing"
29/04/2010
Fishery cooperation cemented with Russia, Morocco
01/03/2010
Algerian trawlers encroaching into Moroccan waters - Interior Ministry
23/02/2010
European Parliament's lawyers declare EU fishing in Western Sahara illegal
23/02/2010
EU assembly report questions Morocco fishing deal
28/10/2009
Oceana presents proof on the use of illegal driftnets in the Mediterranean, and demands their complete elimination
15/10/2009
US Dept of Defense - Coast Guard Cutter helps navy on African coast
09/09/2009
Europe moves closer to banning bluefin-tuna trade
31/08/2009
WWF: Illegal nets kill dolphins
09/12/2008
EU-Moroccan deal "illegal"; UN expert
28/11/2008
ICCAT tuna quota reductions not enough: environmentalists
26/11/2008
'Euro bullying over fishing quotas means end for Atlantic bluefin tuna'
24/08/2008
Fishy is as fishy does
03/08/2008
Cagey business: Maltas tuna export figures don't add up
18/07/2008
SA's and Namibians fish illegally in West Sahara
08/05/2008
Now the Kiwis get involved in fish plundering too
25/03/2008
Tuna talks look to cut down on overfishing
06/03/2008
European canned seafood company gains certification
05/02/2008
Moroccan sustainable fisheries receive recognition
15/01/2008
Europe: looking for fishy partners
21/11/2007
Africa: And then there were no fish
18/11/2007
Greenpeace slams ‘unsustainable‘ new tuna quota
24/10/2007
France, Italy face bluefin tuna quota cut
17/10/2007
Last rites for a marine marvel?
16/08/2007
Oceana: Moroccan vessel caught with illegal driftnets
27/07/2007
Africa turns to satellites to curb fish poaching
23/07/2007
Keep swordfish off the menu
23/07/2007
Morocco cracks down on illegal fishing
11/07/2007
Report urges consumers not to order swordfish
11/07/2007
Pirates and Plunder: why swordfish is off the menu this summer
21/06/2007
Much ado about pollock
12/06/2007
EU clamps down on fishing for bluefin tuna
16/05/2007
Greenpeace demands the immediate closure of the bluefin tuna fishery
09/05/2007
Moroccan boat impounded for illegal fishing
24/04/2007
Morocco optimistic on prospects of fishing partnership with EU
05/03/2007
Whale protections proposed for Strait of Gibraltar
28/02/2007
Morocco to eliminate destructive driftnet fishing
20/01/2007
Illegal fishing growing
16/01/2007
Egypt: new measures to protect Mediterranean fish stocks
08/01/2007
Hundreds of tons of swordfish caught illegally by Morocco are sold in Spain
25/08/2006
One hundred fifty Morrocan drift netters fish illegally in the Alboran Sea and the Straits of Gibraltar
03/08/2006
Finnie and Bradshaw to attend illegal fishing meeting in Norway
25/07/2006
Fisheries ministers to meet in Norway
05/03/2006
EU parliamentarians vote through ‘illegal’ fisheries deal
Eliminating Illegal Driftnets from the Mediterranean
01/04/2008
Author:
Peter Eade
I can help to design and provide Monitoring Control and Surveillance solutions (including VMS) for Fisheries Authorities worlwide. ...