Films
Ghana: A Fishing Nation in Crisis
This film shows how IUU fishing and the illegal practice called saiko are devastating Ghana's fisheries.
Slipping Through the Net
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has documented gross human rights violations and serious illegal fishing offences aboard the Taiwanese Fuh Sheng 11. Crew members told EJF of beatings from the captain, 22-hour working days and serious injuries to crew working in dangerous conditions. They also reported that the vessel had illegally finned sharks, including endangered hammerheads.
Exploitation and Lawlessness: The Dark Side of Taiwan's Fishing Fleet
Beatings at gunpoint, slavery, dangerous working conditions and squalid living conditions. These are just a few of the findings from this investigative film by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) telling the harrowing stories of migrant fishermen working aboard Taiwanese-owned fishing vessels. The film shows that although some new rules have been introduced in Taipei, out at sea human rights abuses and illegal fishing practices continue.
White gold - the true cost of cotton
This award-winning film by EJF documents how at the forefront of global cotton production, Uzbekistan's human rights and environmental record lags far behind the rest of the world.
The Gathering Storm: Climate Change, Security and Conflict
With millions of people forced to move each year by rapid-onset climate-related hazards and slow onset environmental degradation, social wellbeing, human rights, economies and even state stability are at risk.
Falling through the cracks
Climate change, migration and displacement.
Thailand's Seafood Slaves
Slavery, ‘pirate’ fishing and other serious crimes continue to plague Thailand’s seafood sector highlighting the shortcomings in private sector initiatives and government controls.
Pirates and Slaves
How overfishing and pirate fishing in Thailand fuels human trafficking and the plundering of our oceans.
Reports
Lettre ouverte adressée au Ministre des Pêches et de l’Économie maritime (MPEM) du Sénégal - Problématique du chalutage de fond au Sénégal: Nous souhaitons attirer l'attention sur la crise des ressources halieutiques que traverse le Sénégal en raison notamment des pratiques de pêche destructrices de l'environnement, non durables et souvent illégales pratiquées par la flotte chalutière du pays.
Nous souhaitons attirer l'attention sur la crise des ressources halieutiques que traverse le Sénégal en raison notamment des pratiques de pêche destructrices de l'environnement, non durables et souvent illégales pratiquées par la flotte chalutière du pays.
Open-letter to Senegal's Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy (MPEM) - The issue of bottom trawling in Senegal: To draw attention to the crisis in Senegal’s fisheries sector caused by the environmentally destructive, unsustainable, and often illegal fishing practices of the country's trawler fleet. Immediate and strong action is needed to mitigate the environmental and socio-economic impacts of this fishing activity, to protect the livelihoods and food security of artisanal fishing communities.
To draw attention to the crisis in Senegal’s fisheries sector caused by the environmentally destructive, unsustainable, and often illegal fishing practices of the country's trawler fleet. Immediate and strong action is needed to mitigate the environmental and socio-economic impacts of this fishing activity, to protect the livelihoods and food security of artisanal fishing communities.
موجز السياسات: القضية القانونية لآلية امتثال فعالة للهيئة العامة لمصائد الأسماك في البحر الأبيض المتوسط: The legal analysis by Professor Tullio Scovazzi and Professor Simone Vezzani of the GFCM’s legal framework, applicable international law, and existing compliance regimes of other Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) indicates that the reasons for this gap are of a political, not legal, nature.
The legal analysis by Professor Tullio Scovazzi and Professor Simone Vezzani of the GFCM’s legal framework, applicable international law, and existing compliance regimes of other Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) indicates that the reasons for this gap are of a political, not legal, nature.
Note de politique : Les arguments juridiques en faveur d'un mécanisme de conformité efficace de la CGPM: L’analyse juridique du cadre juridique de la CGPM, du droit international applicable et des régimes de conformité existants d’autres organisations régionales de gestion des pêches (ORGP) réalisée par les professeurs Tullio Scovazzi et Simone Vezzani indique que les raisons de cette lacune sont de nature politique et non juridique.
L’analyse juridique du cadre juridique de la CGPM, du droit international applicable et des régimes de conformité existants d’autres organisations régionales de gestion des pêches (ORGP) réalisée par les professeurs Tullio Scovazzi et Simone Vezzani indique que les raisons de cette lacune sont de nature politique et non juridique.
Policy brief : The legal case for an effective GFCM compliance mechanism: The legal analysis by Professor Tullio Scovazzi and Professor Simone Vezzani of the GFCM’s legal framework, applicable international law, and existing compliance regimes of other Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) indicates that the reasons for this gap are of a political, not legal, nature.
The legal analysis by Professor Tullio Scovazzi and Professor Simone Vezzani of the GFCM’s legal framework, applicable international law, and existing compliance regimes of other Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) indicates that the reasons for this gap are of a political, not legal, nature.
Legal opinion on compliance and corrective measures in the GFCM system: A legal analysis by Tullio Scovazzi and Simone Vezzani of the legality of the proposed compliance and corrective measures for the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)
A legal analysis by Tullio Scovazzi and Simone Vezzani of the legality of the proposed compliance and corrective measures for the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)