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Senegalese fishermen fight back against factory fishing

In the run up to the Senegalese presidential elections, Youssou N’dour isn’t the only controversial show on the road. Last week, a caravan tour organised by...
Posted by Alicia C - 27 January, 2012 - 17:38
Activists paint Europe’s largest factory fishing vessels in the port of IJmuiden

This is how much you pay EU super trawlers to empty African waters

Our friends in Greenpeace Holland have today painted the sides of three of Europe’s largest factory fishing vessels in the port of IJmuiden, identifying the...
Posted by Alicia C - 23 December, 2011 - 12:29

This is the best meal of my life

That’s what I heard above the chatter as the crew finished the fifth course – Bream served with red tea, orange and chocolate – prepared by the creative and...
Posted by tracy - 21 December, 2011 - 12:00
Greepeace and Nufta hand in CFP petition to Downing Street

Greenpeace and fishermen deliver 10,000 ‘fishy wishes’ to Cameron

Something unprecedented happened yesterday. Greenpeace campaigners and part of the UK fishing industry came together to deliver 10,000 messages from Greenpeace...
Posted by Ariana Densham - 16 December, 2011 - 11:52

How big is yours?

No, not that. Your fishing fleet… how big is your fishing fleet? No idea? It seems that European governments don’t know either. That’s quite a problem when...
Posted by Saskia - 15 December, 2011 - 12:37

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