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Scandalous sentences for Scottish skippers

Organised crime seems to pay quite handsomely, especially if you manage to be part of a profession that seems to be beyond reproach. That can surely be the...
Posted by Willie - 24 February, 2012 - 17:50
Small scale fishermen in Cornwall

Common sense discarded

In the same way that discarding perfecting good fish, dead or dying back into sea is a disgrace, so is the attitude of many European fisheries ministers...
Posted by Ariana Densham - 20 February, 2012 - 16:55
David Cameron is confused about the CFP - help by writing to him

Why greens can build the new capitalism

This blog was originally posted on the New Statesman website on 9 Feb 2012. Politicians have queued up to announce the dawn of the era of 'new capitalism'. Yet...
Posted by ruthdavis - 14 February, 2012 - 09:55

Big Miracle: why saving whales means saving the Arctic

The film is inspired by a true story. I’m not going to recount it in detail here, as others have done that  much more splendidly than I can.  But in...
Posted by Willie - 10 February, 2012 - 10:48
A Greenpeace activist cuts the lines on a fish aggregating device (FAD) - curren

Tuna bluewash? Bolton’s fishy commitments

After the huge success of our UK tinned tuna campaign, described by the Independent as "one of the most successful environmental campaigns in years", it was...
Posted by simon clydesdale - 30 January, 2012 - 13:19

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