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5 Sep
2017

Source: Science Direct Author: Henrik Christiansen, Nicolas Fournier, Bart Hellemans, Filip A.M. Volckaert. Highlights: •280 samples of fish dishes were collected in Brussels and molecularly tested. •Mislabeling was present in cod (13.1%), sole (11.1%) and bluefin tuna (95.0%). •Bluefin tuna was substituted mostly by other tuna species. •The overall mislabeling rate was 31.1% and 38.1% in EU canteens.

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4 Sep
2017

Source & Author: Port News IMO says, fishing continues to be considered the most hazardous occupation in the world, and despite the improvement in technology, the loss of life in the fisheries sector is unacceptably high.

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3 Sep
2017

Source: The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper Author: Kolawole Talabi and Authur Debruyne The flowery legalese of any Fishing Partnership Agreement always appears to secure the sustainability of the domestic fisheries involved but really this economic document is Brussels’ strategy for plundering the abundant undersea resources of Africa’s maritime states. From Sao Tomé to Sierra Leone, evidence abounds […]

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31 Aug
2017

Source: ICTSD Author: Carl-Christian Schmidt Eliminating subsidies that contribute to illegal fishing activities, formulating enforceable WTO rules, and using a well-established forum for informed discussions among flag, coastal and subsidising states could prove a novel and useful addition to the toolbox of measures to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

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