Conservation news & publications from or about the NE Atlantic

The Mediterranean's tuna fleet needs to shed a third of its vessels to fish within the law, and even more to save bluefin stocks according to scientific advice - but 25 new boats are currently under construction

12 Mar 2008
Bloated Mediterranean tuna fleet in race for the last bluefin
Rome, Italy – The most comprehensive analysis yet of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fleet shows it conservatively having twice the fishing capacity of current quotas and more than three and a half times the catch levels recommended by scientists to avoid stock collapse. » Read more

Mediterranean bluefin tuna — highly prized around the world, especially in Japan for sushi and sashimi — has been under increasing pressure from overfishing. Display of frozen tunas to be auctioned at the Tsukiji fish market, Tokyo, Japan.

28 Jan 2008
Join retailers’ Mediterranean bluefin tuna boycott, urges WWF
As more and more major European retailers boycott Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna, WWF used the occasion of the Barcelona Seafood Summit to call on more to join the ban until the imperilled species is out of the danger zone.
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28 Jan 2008
Join retailers’ Mediterranean bluefin tuna boycott, urges WWF
Rome, Italy - WWF is calling on retailers to follow the example of several major European supermarket chains and stop selling Mediterranean bluefin tuna until the imperilled species is out of the danger zone. » Read more

A message from the icebox - Stinky Fish has all the leads on sustainable seafood

17 Jan 2008
The stinky fish of poor fishing practice
Destructive fishing has many critics, with the newest being an animated fish puppet emerging from an icebox to push the virtues of sustainably caught seafood. » Read more

19 Dec 2007
Cod recovery plan goes adrift
EU Fisheries Ministers have gambled on the future of Europe’s fish stocks, said WWF at the conclusion of the EU Fisheries Council yesterday night in Brussels. At the December Council, EU Fisheries Ministers determine quotas for fishing in EU waters for the following year. » Read more

2008 will be a critical year for North Sea cod as the stock is experiencing the first signs of potential recovery.

14 Dec 2007
Europe’s cod on the brink of recovery or collapse?
Fishing quotas for 2008 in European waters will be decided by the EU Fisheries Council in Brussels on 17-19 December 2007. WWF calls on EU Ministers to put an end to the now traditional end of year horse-trading and to agree on sustainable harvesting of fishery resources, in line with scientific advice.
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Illegal fishing is rife in the Southern Ocean, and a threat to fish stocks and the marine environment.

17 Oct 2007
EU steps forward to fight illegal fishing
A European Commission proposal to speed up the fight against illegal fishing has taken a new direction towards a commitment to “clean” fisheries. » Read more

15 Oct 2007
Time to protect North Sea cod
The European Commission and the fisheries ministers must heed the warning launched today by the scientists of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea to give a chance to North Sea cod stocks to recover. » Read more

Pacific cod is distributed from California to well north in the Bering Sea, west along the Aleutians and south along the Asian coast to northern Japan.

04 Oct 2007
Fishing quotas undermine EU Common Fisheries Policy
The EU Common Fisheries Policy is failing in its primary purpose to achieve the sustainable management of European fish stocks. The way fisheries quotas are set is fuelling the chronic problem of overfishing in Europe, putting at risk fish stocks and the future of the fishing sector. » Read more

24 Jul 2007
European Commission adopts environmentally harmful subsidy for fisheries
With today’s adoption of a regulation on “de minimis” aid, the European Commission has opened the door to fuel subsidies in the fisheries sector. » Read more

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