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18th Apr 13

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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 ...

Author: Oceana
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Oceans in Danger

04/06/2009

This report by Oceana points out that while World Oceans Day is celebrated on 8 June, our seas are collapsing as a result of climate change and indust ...

Author: Oceana
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2007-2008 Another two years of wide spread IUU fishing in the Mediterranean

17/11/2008

The authors claim this briefing provides more evidence of the failure of ICCAT Contracting Parties to save bluefin tuna from collapse. This paper is t ...

Author: Greenpeace
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Lifting the Lid on Italy's Bluefin Tuna Fishery

07/10/2008

This WWF-commissioned report documents what the authors refer to as Italys widespread disregard of fisheries management rules for Mediterranean bluefi ...

Author: WWF
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Italian Driftnets: Illegal Fishing Continues

09/06/2008

Subtitled 'Results of the Oceana 2007 Campaign' this report has been produced in collaboration with Italian organisation Marevivo, on the co ...

Author: Oceana
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Spatial Management to Support Recovery of the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna in the Mediterranean

16/05/2008

In this report the authors claim that a closure of the Mediterranean bluefin fishery in the months of May and June when adults aggregate in the Medite ...

Author: WWF
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Race for the Last Bluefin: Capacity of the Purse Seine Fleet Targeting Bluefin Tuna in the Mediterranean

12/03/2008

WWF states that the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) fishery has been exposed to rampant overfishing inside the entire ICCAT Convention Zone, namely the At ...

Author: WWF
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21/06/2010

Malta defending poaching, Sea Shepherd insists

Author: di-ve.com

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16/06/2010

Oceana supports the EC demand that the marine protected areas network be improved

Author: Pesca2.com

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10/06/2010

EU to ban bluefin tuna fishing from June 10

Author: Reuters, featured on Planet Ark

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07/06/2010

Green activists face off with Med tuna trawlers

Author: AFP

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07/06/2010

The bluefin tuna wars: Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd step up tactics to save Critically Endangered species

Author: Mongabay.com

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06/06/2010

Green group to launch Mediterranean tuna 'blue rage'

Author: AFP

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05/06/2010

Greenpeace activist recovering from fishermen's hook injury

Author: AFP

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01/06/2010

Italian fishermen raise their nets in protest

Author: The New York Times

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24/05/2010

"EU subsidises companies guilty of illegal fishing"

Author: IPS News

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22/05/2010

Cannes: fishing for illegal activities

Author: The Hollywood Reporter

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03/05/2010

Sea Shepherd begins 'Operation Blue Rage' - sails to protect endangered bluefin tuna in Mediterranean

Author: TreeHugger

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16/03/2010

Sea Shepherd targets tuna fishing

Author: ABC News Australia

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23/02/2010

EU pushes for ban on fishing for bluefin tuna

Author: Bloomberg Business Week

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17/02/2010

Foreign policy: saving the sushi menu

Author: NPR Public Radio

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07/02/2010

International celebrities add their voice to call for protection of Bluefin tuna

Author: Times of Malta

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23/01/2010

Sea Shepherd announces Mediterranean campaign for the bluefin tuna

Author: Trak.in, India

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11/12/2009

Mediterranean Sea holds hints at oceans' future: Changes are deeply affecting it

Author: Softpedia

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03/12/2009

A world without tuna? The world’s appetite for sushi is threatening to wipe out the ‘tigers of the sea.’

Author: The Week

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02/12/2009

Tigers, polar bears and blue fin tuna among the most threatened species in 2010, says World Wildlife Fund

Author: WWF

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29/11/2009

Thinking globally to save riches of the sea: International efforts called key to halting overfishing, exploitation

Author: The Washington Post, US

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29/11/2009

Reduction in Malta's tuna quota a 'huge blow'

Author: The Malta Independent Online

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21/11/2009

We're killing the oceans. Is it too late to save the seas that sustain us?

Author: World Sentinel

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19/11/2009

Canada presses ICCAT further to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna

Author: World Fishing

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17/11/2009

Atlantic bluefin tuna quota cut, conservationists urge trade ban

Author: Environment News Service

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14/11/2009

EU set to ignore advice to ban bluefin fishing, says Greenpeace

Author: Times Online, UK

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04/11/2009

Canada calls on ICCAT to take action to protect bluefin tuna from illegal fishing activities

Author: Benzinga, Canada

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29/10/2009

EU Court of Justice has ruled against Italy for continued use of driftnets

Author: Oceana

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28/10/2009

Oceana presents proof on the use of illegal driftnets in the Mediterranean, and demands their complete elimination

Author: Oceana

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24/10/2009

Illicit ‘looting’ of Mediterranean bluefin tuna is worth £2.7bn

Author: Times Online, UK

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17/10/2009

EU officials warn of disappearing cod

Author: The Associated Press

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30/09/2009

The battle over bluefin

Author: Environment News Service

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22/09/2009

Israel: Fishermen forced to look elsewhere for work

Author: IRIN News

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21/09/2009

Europe against bluefin tuna fishing ban: EU source

Author: AFP

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17/09/2009

Measures to protect Mediterranean tuna are failing, report warns

Author: Guardian, UK

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14/09/2009

EU strategy to improve maritime governance in the Mediterranean Sea

Author: Pesca2.com

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09/09/2009

Commission recommends provisional EU support for Monaco's proposal to list Atlantic bluefin tuna in CITES Convention

Author: 7th Space Interactive

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09/09/2009

Europe moves closer to banning bluefin-tuna trade

Author: Time

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08/09/2009

EU to back temporary bluefin tuna fishing ban: source

Author: AFP

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31/08/2009

WWF: Illegal nets kill dolphins

Author: WWF

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24/08/2009

France to claim exclusive Mediterranean fishing zone

Author: AFP

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28/07/2009

Rainbow Warrior prevents illegal fishing ship's escape: Italian authorities seize catch and driftnets

Author: 7th Space Interactive

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16/07/2009

Fishing nations spare both Atlantic and Pacific tuna species

Author: Environment News Service

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01/07/2009

Fleet cuts, quotas the buzz at tuna meet

Author: Associated Press

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22/06/2009

Greenpeace activists attacked during protest against EU fishing vessel

Author: Fishupdate.com

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15/06/2009

Oceana obtains evidence proving bluefin tuna is being caught illegally in Italy and Turkey

Author: Oceana

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14/06/2009

Loopholes in tuna fishing regulations favour big fish

Author: The Malta Independent Online

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05/06/2009

It's not too late to save the tuna - The U.S. should step forward to stop exploitation of the seas

Author: The Wall Street Journal

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04/06/2009

Overfishing, pollution and habitat destruction are threatening european seas

Author: Oceana

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01/06/2009

These are not the mariners of old but pirates who make bureaucrats blanch

Author: Guardian, UK

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31/05/2009

Nearly 60% of Maltas shark species threatened with extinction

Author: Malta Today

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13/05/2009

Greek dolphins to disappear without urgent steps: groups

Author: Reuters

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12/05/2009

WWF tags more tuna, while stocks last

Author: WWF

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11/05/2009

The suicidal tendencies of the Turkish tuna fishery

Author: Greenpeace

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28/04/2009

No tuna, no salmon. No oysters, no skate. No cod and chips

Author: Scuba Diving News

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28/04/2009

European tuna exports to Japan boom as fears grow for fish's survival

Author: Fishupdate.com

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16/04/2009

Close watch kept on EU bluefin tuna fleets

Author: Reuters, featured on Planet Ark

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15/04/2009

The EU responsible for the collapse of bluefin tuna

Author: Oceana

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14/04/2009

Overfishing to wipe out bluefin tuna: WWF

Author: Reuters, featured on Planet Ark

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29/03/2009

What future for fishing?

Author: Times of Malta

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27/03/2009

Oceana satisfied with the arrest of three owners of illegal driftnetters in southern Italy

Author: Oceana

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25/03/2009

EU proposes action to make Fisheries Commission for Mediterranean fully operational

Author: Pesca2.com

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05/03/2009

The European Court of Justice condemns France for using driftnets

Author: Oceana

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27/02/2009

Commission proposes application of revised ICCAT recovery plan

Author: Pesca2.com

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26/02/2009

Illegal fishing estimated at $10-24B per year

Author: Mongabay.com

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13/01/2009

NOAA will work with six identified nations to address illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing

Author: NOAA, US

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21/12/2008

EC approves 11 million euros for fisheries, as Borg plays down fishy allegations

Author: Malta Today

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19/12/2008

Suspend fishing to save bluefin tuna

Author: Telegraph, UK

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28/11/2008

ICCAT tuna quota reductions not enough: environmentalists

Author: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)

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27/11/2008

Bluefin tuna - magnificent fish too valuable to save

Author: Telegraph, UK

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26/11/2008

'Euro bullying over fishing quotas means end for Atlantic bluefin tuna'

Author: Times Online, UK

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19/11/2008

Bluefin tuna: Headed for extinction in the Atlantic and Mediterranean

Author: Scientific American

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17/11/2008

International talks to save overfished tuna start in Morocco

Author: AFP

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14/11/2008

Europe sits on damning bluefin tuna report

Author: WWF

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13/11/2008

Gone fishing: The European Commission is accused of withholding embarrassing data

Author: The Economist, UK

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07/11/2008

Overfishing threatens European bluefin tuna

Author: EurekAlert

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30/10/2008

Managed to death: If nothing is done soon, the bluefin tuna will disappear from the Mediterranean

Author: The Economist, UK

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14/10/2008

Closure call for tuna 'disgrace'

Author: BBC News

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13/10/2008

Spain, Japan back bluefin tuna ban

Author: WWF

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11/10/2008

Half of the tuna caught last year was illegal

Author: Times of Malta

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07/10/2008

Italy in flagrant flouting of tuna rules

Author: WWF

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10/09/2008

Over-fishing, not climate change, is greatest danger to world's oceans

Author: The Telegraph, UK

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04/09/2008

Cod and chips? Make it pollock in guilt-free guide to seafood

Author: The Times Online, UK

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27/08/2008

Big fish in a small pond

Author: Malta Today

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25/08/2008

New fish population of Mediterranean

Author: Turkish Daily News

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24/08/2008

Fishy is as fishy does

Author: Malta Today

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14/08/2008

Sharks plunge into hot water: Deep-sea predators threatened by bowls of Chinese soup

Author: Sustainable Life

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13/08/2008

Mysteries of Mediterranean bluefin tuna come under the microscope

Author: Fishupdate.com

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09/08/2008

Multinational fleets deployed in battle to save cod and tuna

Author: The Portugal News Online

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08/08/2008

Globalization is destroying the world's oceans

Author: Free Internet Press, from an article in 'Spiegel Online'

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03/08/2008

Cagey business: Maltas tuna export figures don't add up

Author: Malta Today

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27/07/2008

Spanish warship joins battle to protect Europe's tuna stocks

Author: EU Business

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27/07/2008

Japanese sushi rage threatens iconic Mediterranean tuna

Author: AFP

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23/07/2008

Whats new in the EU: pooling resources to save Europe's fisheries

Author: The Jersualem Post

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16/07/2008

The fight to save our seas

Author: Majorca Daily Bulletin

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09/07/2008

Same boat, new flag: fishing Mediterranean bluefin with impunity

Author: EU Business

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07/07/2008

The tragic tale of the last tuna

Author: Newsweek

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07/07/2008

Greenpeace confronts illegal fishing in the Mediterranean Sea

Author: 7th Space Interactive

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02/07/2008

Pirate fishing boats target Africa

Author: BBC News

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01/07/2008

Spain admits underreporting 2007 bluefin catches by 35% - exceeding quota

Author: Atuna

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25/06/2008

EU fisheries chief stands firm on bluefin tuna ban

Author: Reuters, featured on Planet Ark

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25/06/2008

France hits back in EU fisheries tuna dispute

Author: EnjoyFrance.com

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24/06/2008

Africa: more funding needed in fight against illegal fishing

Author: allAfrica.com

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23/06/2008

France in EU row over tuna catch

Author: BBC News

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23/06/2008

Oceana: Illegal tuna fishery is continuing

Author: Fishupdate.com

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19/06/2008

Oceana documents Italian tuna purse seiners carrying out fishing activities after the closure of the fishery

Author: Oceana

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19/06/2008

Oceana condems fishing vessels, who "ignore" fishery closure

Author: Fishupdate.com

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18/06/2008

EU cites flagrant abuse of bluefin tuna fisheries

Author: Reuters, featured on Planet Ark

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18/06/2008

Oceana calls for "immediate" halt to fuel subsidies for "lose-lose" fisheries

Author: Fishupdate.com

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17/06/2008

Greenpeace publishes criteria for red-listed seafood

Author: Fishupdate.com

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16/06/2008

EU to ban Med bluefin tuna fishing from next week

Author: Reuters, featured on Planet Ark

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16/06/2008

Early closure of bluefin tuna fishery still too late, says WWF

Author: Fishupdate.com

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15/06/2008

French vessel charged with illegal fishing in Malta, as net of investigation closes in on fishy tuna trade

Author: Malta Today

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13/06/2008

EU closes bluefin tuna fishery early

Author: Fishupdate.com

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12/06/2008

Oceana documents the overfishing of bluefin tuna south of the Balearic Islands from the MarViva Med

Author: Oceana

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11/06/2008

Study shows "worrying decline" in Med's shark species

Author: Fishupdate.com

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09/06/2008

Oceana appeals to Berlusconi's government to ban driftnets

Author: Fishupdate.com

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06/06/2008

Illegal Italian spotter planes caught hunting down Mediterranean bluefin tuna

Author: Wildlife Extra

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05/06/2008

Conservation groups hit at aerial help for tuna fishers

Author: Fishupdate.com

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31/05/2008

Greenpeace says ship harassed by tuna fishermen

Author: AFP

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30/05/2008

Greenpeace educates tuna industry on how to make more money

Author: Fishupdate.com

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30/05/2008

Community system against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

Author: European Parliament

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25/05/2008

Two Azzopardi fishing boats charged in Libya

Author: Malta Today

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22/05/2008

Fishing magnate mum on shipping irregularities inquiry

Author: Times of Malta

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22/05/2008

Tuna crisis: WWF urges immediate closure of Med fishery

Author: Fishupdate.com

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16/05/2008

WWF calls for area closures to save bluefin tuna

Author: Fishupdate.com

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16/05/2008

Pirate vessels looting Mediterranean tuna

Author: Wildlife Extra

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15/05/2008

WWF calls on bottom-trawlers to switch nets

Author: Fishupdate.com

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14/05/2008

NGOs lodge concern over bluefin tuna pirate fishing

Author: Fishupdate.com

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14/05/2008

WWF accuses Malta of bluefin tuna piracy

Author: Malta Today

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11/05/2008

How the world's oceans are running out of fish

Author: The Observer, UK

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07/05/2008

Greenpeace confiscates "wall of death" net in the Med

Author: Fishupdate.com

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27/04/2008

Fishermen not on board with tuna catch observers as season draws near

Author: The Malta Independent Online

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18/04/2008

Who finances and who promotes the disappearance of bluefin tuna?

Author: Oceana

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17/04/2008

Malta reiterates commitment to sustainable fishing

Author: Malta Media News

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07/04/2008

EU fisheries shake-up to help fish stocks

Author: The Telegraph, UK

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02/04/2008

Boycott bluefin tuna, WWF urges retailers

Author: Fishupdate.com

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12/03/2008

Bloated Mediterranean tuna fleet in race for the last bluefin

Author: WWF

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20/02/2008

Bottom trawling impacts on ocean clearly visible from space

Author: Science Daily

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17/02/2008

Join retailers Mediterranean bluefin tuna boycott, urges WWF

Author: Wildlife Extra

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06/02/2008

Borg: Med stocks under more and more pressure

Author: Fishupdate.com

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28/01/2008

Retailers urged to boycott Mediterranean bluefin tuna

Author: Fishupdate.com

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24/01/2008

Turkish-Greek dispute rocks the boats

Author: Asia Times Online

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16/01/2007

Egypt: new measures to protect Mediterranean fish stocks

Author: allAfrica.com

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