Notizie

The pandemic can be a welcome break for a more sustainable future
Many marine activities have been disrupted and are only very gradually restarting as a result of the pandemic. We would hope that they start on a sound basis with greater determination to stamp out Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, bribery and other illicit activities in the sector and increase transparency in how licences are being allocated for legitimate fishing. This seems not quite to be the case as we…
VERGOGNA/VRIUOGNA!!: uno squalo protetto in meno e l’ostentazione macha e becera di pseudopescatori minchioni da banchina
Compaiono da ieri in tutto il loro squallore umano i video che testimoniano la cattura voluta e non accidentale di un raro esemplare di femmina di Mako nelle acque siciliane al largo di Catania e lo scarico a terra della preda, nel porto di Oglino con trionfo della più becera danza di un branco di minchioni di per sè già sanzionabili duramente per la totale inadempienza nell’indossare le maschere previste per…
Crisis over additional industrial fishing licences for Senegal’s overexploited resources
The major organisations of small-scale fishers in Senegal, men, women, of all professions along the artisanal value chains are up in arms in the face of further threats to their livelihoods and future. What happens? Fisheries landings are going down since the turn of the millennium, mostly as a result of overfishing by industrial fleets. Those flying the Senegalese flag are often in foreign ownership or joint ventures oriented to…