Films
Unregulated: The South Atlantic Squid Fishing Boom
Hundreds of distant-water vessels are plundering squid populations in the Southwest Atlantic, driving a keystone species towards collapse and exposing workers to horrific abuses, according to a new investigation and film from the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF).
Unregulated: The South Atlantic Squid Fishing Boom
Hundreds of distant-water vessels are plundering squid populations in the Southwest Atlantic, driving a keystone species towards collapse and exposing workers to horrific abuses, according to a new investigation and film from the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF).
Unmasked: Tracing Plastic’s Harm from Production to Disposal
This film reveals how efforts to tackle plastic pollution by focusing on waste management are entirely failing in Thailand.
À la dérive : La crise du littoral sénégalais et la route funeste vers l'Europe
Abdou et son père sont séparés par 1 500 km d'océan - une distance qu'Abdou a parcourue en novembre 2020. Parti de Joal-Fadiouth, une ville de pêcheurs au Sénégal, il a atteint Ténériffe, une île espagnole au large du Maroc, après avoir passé environ quatorze jours en mer sur un bateau de pêche en bois. Cette route, de plus en plus empruntée par les habitants de l'Afrique de l'Ouest pour rejoindre l'Europe, est considérée comme l'une des plus meurtrières au monde.
Pour Abdou, ses proches et des milliers d'autres personnes le long de la côte sénégalaise, la pêche dont ils dépendaient autrefois n'est plus une option. Avec peu d'alternatives, de plus en plus de personnes sont poussées à entreprendre des voyages qui mettent leur vie en danger, à la recherche d'opportunités ailleurs. Cette crise qui s'aggrave et s'entrecroise exige une attention et une action urgentes.
Adrift: Senegal’s coastal crisis and the deadly route to Europe
Abdou and his father are separated by 1,500 km of ocean – a distance Abdou travelled in November 2020. He left Joal-Fadiouth, a fishing town in Senegal, and eventually reached Tenerife, a Spanish island off the coast of Morocco, after spending approximately fourteen days at sea in a wooden fishing boat. This route, increasingly used by people in West Africa to reach Europe, is considered one of the most deadly on Earth.
For Abdou, his loved ones, and thousands of others along Senegal’s coastline, the fishing they once depended on is no longer an option. With few alternatives, more and more people are being pushed toward life-threatening journeys, seeking opportunities elsewhere. This escalating, intersecting crisis demands urgent attention and action.
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Ola Elvestuen: "We need a moratorium in international waters and in Norway"
“Deep-sea mining will have a graver impact than the Norwegian government realises today”. Norway must not go ahead with deep-sea mining, says Ola Elvestuen MP.
Astrid Puentes Riaño: deep-sea mining will perpetuate systematic inequalities
Astrid Puentes Riaño, UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a healthy environment, speaks on how deep-sea mining would perpetuate systemic inequalities. She says that instead, we have to think about how to repair and restore all ecosystems, including coastal ecosystems and oceans, instead of increasing the damages that humanity already has done.
Radio Dadaab
This report tells the stories of those on the frontlines of the climate crisis in Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya. These stories highlight the devastating impacts of the drought in the Horn of Africa and the link between global heating and forced displacement.
A global toolkit for participatory fisheries governance
This toolkit has been produced by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) with funding from the European Union (EU). It empowers small-scale fishing communities in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and more broadly to achieve secure sustainable, legal and ethical fisheries.
Reports
Bright lights, dim prospects: The urgent need to address unregulated squid fishing in the Southwest Atlantic to avert a looming environmental crisis
Hundreds of distant-water vessels are plundering squid populations in the Southwest Atlantic, driving a keystone species towards collapse and exposing workers to horrific abuses.
Invisible y sin regular: el precio oculto del calamar en España: España es un mercado clave para el calamar capturado por flotas extranjeras en la Milla 201, impulsando inadvertidamente prácticas no sostenibles e ilegales y socavando a los productores nacionales que deben cumplir con normas medioambientales y laborales más estrictas.
Unseen and unregulated: the hidden price of squid in Spain: Spain is a key market for squid harvested by foreign fleets in the unregulated Southwest Atlantic squid fishery, inadvertently driving unsustainable and illegal practices and undercutting domestic producers who must comply with stricter environmental and labour standards.
Luces brillantes, perspectivas sombrías: La urgente necesidad de abordar la pesca no regulada de calamar en el Atlántico Sudoeste para evitar una crisis ambiental inminente: Este informe expone los hallazgos de una investigación llevada a cabo por el EJF en relación con la pesquería de calamar argentino, también denominado pota argentina, calamar illex o calamar pota,6 en el Atlántico Sudoeste, una de las mayores pesquerías de calamar no reguladas a nivel mundial.
Este informe expone los hallazgos de una investigación llevada a cabo por el EJF en relación con la pesquería de calamar argentino, también denominado pota argentina, calamar illex o calamar pota,6 en el Atlántico Sudoeste, una de las mayores pesquerías de calamar no reguladas a nivel mundial.
VSLA update brief: Improving women’s participation in fisheries governance: This brief updates EJF’s report Levelling The Playing Field: Assessing the impact of Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) in Liberia’s coastal communities, which was published in 2024. The report assessed the impact of VSLAs on increasing women's participation in small-scale fisheries (SSF) decision- making processes and evaluated the effectiveness of VSLAs as a tool for empowering members of fishing communities.
This brief updates EJF’s report Levelling The Playing Field: Assessing the impact of Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) in Liberia’s coastal communities, which was published in 2024. The report assessed the impact of VSLAs on increasing women's participation in small-scale fisheries (SSF) decision- making processes and evaluated the effectiveness of VSLAs as a tool for empowering members of fishing communities.
Criminal catches: How to stop the supply of illegal seafood to the UK: This report from Coalition for Fisheries Transparency members EJF and Open Seas finds that UK consumers may unknowingly be buying seafood linked to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and severe human rights abuses. This follows a near-total end to checks on imported seafood after Brexit.
This report from Coalition for Fisheries Transparency members EJF and Open Seas finds that UK consumers may unknowingly be buying seafood linked to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and severe human rights abuses, following a near-total end to checks on imported seafood after Brexit.
Building it bottom-up: Collaborative Management Association formation guide and lessons from Liberia : Collaborative Management Associations (CMAs) are transforming fisheries governance, empowering coastal communities to safeguard the marine resources they depend on. The publication draws on the experience of the EU-funded Communities for Fisheries project, which ran from December 2019 to July 2025, implemented by EJF in partnership with the Liberia National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA).
Collaborative Management Associations (CMAs) are transforming fisheries governance, empowering coastal communities to safeguard the marine resources they depend on. The publication draws on the experience of the EU-funded Communities for Fisheries project, which ran from December 2019 to July 2025, implemented by EJF in partnership with the Liberia National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA).