Transparency

10 Jun
2016

What explains the 22,085 EU vessels operating in non-EU waters since 2008?

Why whofishesfar.org accounts for far more vessels than the EU long distance fleet

30 May
2016

New data on the European Union external fishing fleet: more transparency in world fisheries

Source & Author: WhoFishesFar.org On 29 July 2015, Oceana and its partners (See Note) launched the Who Fishes Far database. This pioneering tool in fisheries transparency makes details of EU fishing vessels operating outside Union waters accessible to the public for the first time. Today, the details of more than 6,800 additional vessels have been […]

30 May
2016

22,000 EU vessels fishing outside EU waters highlights need for greater transparency

Source & Author: Oceana As WhoFishesFar.org discloses vessels authorised to fish in non-EU waters since 2008, a lack of official data on those operating in Africa under private agreements raises alarm bells.

5 Feb
2016

IUU regulation is ‘EU at its best’, but serious improvements needed

Source: Undercurrent News Author: Neil Ramsden Speaking at the SeaWeb Seafood Summit in Malta, the heads of Europeche and Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) had suggestions for the EU on how it needs to up its anti-IUU [illegal, unregulated and unreported] game.

10 Dec
2015

NGOs welcome European Commission proposal to increase control and transparency of EU fleet fishing worldwide

Source & Author: EJF, Oceana, The Pew Charitable Trusts, WWF The European Commission proposes a renewed regulation today affecting over 15,000 EU fishing vessels operating outside the EU, in line with current legislation against illegal fishing and the reformed Common Fisheries Policy.

20 Oct
2015

EU must close illegal fishing loopholes for vessels operating outside European waters

Source: The Parliament Author: Lasse Gustavsson, Oceana in Europe MEPs must help end the current lack of transparency, accountability and sustainability in EU external fisheries rules, argues Lasse Gustavsson.

23 Sep
2015

Clearing the murky waters of international fishing: Everything you need to know on “Who Fishes Far” project in an interview with María José Cornax, Fisheries Campaign Director for Oceana Europe.

Source: Oceana Author: Agata Mrowiec Recently Oceana, together with its NGO partner organisations, launched a new online database whofishesfar.orgshowcasing 15,264 EU vessels authorised to fish outside EU waters between 2010 and 2014.

29 Jul
2015

Over 15,200 vessels authorised to fish outside the EU identified

Source: EMFIS Author: editorial@fis.com Three non-government organizations have announced the first-ever global website intended to fishing transparency throughour the Eurpean Union (EU).

29 Jul
2015

New weapon against IUU

Source: fishnewseu.com Author: The Scottish White Fish Producers’ Association AN online database detailing 15,264 EU vessels authorised to fish outside EU waters between 2010 and 2014 has been made public for the first time – in a move that should make it easier to clamp down on illegal fishing (IUU).