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A Greenpeace activist cuts the lines on a fish aggregating device (FAD) - curren

And then there were none: John West changes its tuna to drop FADs

You did it! Today John West, the last of the major UK players to resist a shift to sustainable tuna, finally committed to change their tuna. After more than 51...
Posted by simon clydesdale - 26 July, 2011 - 00:00 -
The bizarre pantomime that is the International Whaling Commission's annual meet

IWC wrap up: too busy disagreeing to save any whales.

The contentious thing at this year’s International Whaling Committee (IWC) annual meeting wasn’t whaling, but bizarrely it was the issue of ‘consensus’.Despite...
Posted by Willie - 18 July, 2011 - 16:18
Greenpeace Campaigner Hanne Larsen holds a Cod to be discarded due to current EU

Common Fisheries Policy reform: glimmer of light in a sea of darkness

On Wednesday the European Commission launched its proposals for a reform of the way Europe’s seas and fish are managed. After such a positive start back in...
Posted by Ariana Densham - 15 July, 2011 - 15:43 -
Fish in a net

Live blog: The Future of European Fisheries event at ZSL

Live updates from the cross NGO event on the release of the EU's proposal for CFP reform. Live updates:Wednesday 13th July 2011, 6pm – 8pmHuxley Theatre,...
Posted by Gemma Freeman - 13 July, 2011 - 18:04
Fish in a net

Will the UK government be a progressive voice on fisheries?

The day those of us in fish world have been waiting for is upon us. Today the European Commission officially launched its proposals for a new Common Fisheries...
Posted by Ariana Densham - 13 July, 2011 - 15:50 -

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