Antonio "Toño" Vidal Pego was the focus of our recent investigations
Finally some good news for our seas. Toño, the head of the Vidal family network, and focus of our recent
investigation in to illegal fishing and subsides in Spain was found
guilty of fraud and condemned to one year and eight months in prison.
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17 November 2011 at 2:22pm -
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Today we've released shocking footage of ocean
life dying in gruesome ways at the hands of industrial tuna fishers in the
Pacific Ocean. The footage was shot by a New Zealand helicopter pilot turned
whistleblower, who undertook aerial reconnaissance for tuna boats in the
Pacific in 2009.
Without fail, anytime I blog about more sustainable fish there will be at least one comment along the lines of ‘go vegan’ or ‘no one needs to eat fish anyway!’ That is of course fine and a viewpoint I (as a vegetarian of 25 years and counting) can certainly sympathise with.
Bycatch on Spanish bottom-trawler in the North Atlantic
In the deep sea northwest of the UK, bottom
trawlers are destroying ancient and mostly undiscovered ecosystems. They are part of an unsustainable fishing industry kept afloat
by EU taxpayer subsidies.
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19 October 2011 at 10:09am -
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Usually
our campaign films are taken down from the internet by others. Think Nestle.
Think VW. But the opposite happened on Saturday – we took down our own film.
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10 October 2011 at 11:18am -
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This animation highlights some very fishy business we exposed in Spain recently. The case we uncovered, followed a nine-month investigation into the fishy dealings of “Toño”, one of Spain’s notorious fishing barons. We exposed how his family network has amassed a list of convictions for illegal fishing and are continuing to operate around the world, putting vital fish stocks in danger.
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6 October 2011 at 3:28pm -
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Protecting tuna is not just about dressing up as sharks and exposing the companies selling unsustainable tinned tuna.
Our ship the Esperanza is currently on the high seas in the Pacific to find, document and take action against illegal and unsustainable fishing throughout this region.
Our new report shows how overfishing and climate change are taking their toll on West African seas.
We've been investigating
overfishing in West African waters for a long time and our new report, ‘Empty Nets, Empty
Future’ shows, in a stark light, how the local fishing industry in West Africa is under threat.
Antonio Vidal Pego is the boss of the Spanish family operation
You might not think that the criminal underworld smells of sea salt and fish guts, but when there are millions of euros up for grabs for Europe's fishing fleet the crooks with hooks surface.
