OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF CONTROL: The global boom in destructive squid fishing
The Environmental Justice Foundation's new global report exposes what happens aboard distant-water squid vessels operating beyond any oversight, forced labour, physical violence, and deaths at sea across fisheries that supply 60% of the world's squid. The European Union is the world's largest squid importer. What happens out of sight has consequences here.
The Environmental Justice Foundation's new global report exposes what happens aboard distant-water squid vessels operating beyond any oversight, forced labour, physical violence, and deaths at sea across fisheries that supply 60% of the world's squid.
The European Union is the world's largest squid importer. What happens out of sight has consequences here.
The Environmental Justice Foundation's new global report exposes what happens aboard distant-water squid vessels operating beyond any oversight, forced labour, physical violence, and deaths at sea across fisheries that supply 60% of the world's squid.
The European Union is the world's largest squid importer. What happens out of sight has consequences here.
Unseen and unaccountable: The growing threat of China’s squid fleet in the South Pacific
This report exposes the alarming environmental and human rights toll of China’s distant-water squid fleet in the Southeast Pacific. It draws on investigations that reveal widespread shark finning, marine mammal capture, abusive labour practices, and the unloading of deceased crew into Latin American ports. The report also highlights major governance failures: despite early warnings of a decline in the squid population, and calls for urgent reforms to end IUU fishing and forced labour in the world’s most important squid fishery. Watch the webinar where we discuss the findings of this report with experts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r0CjrHha2E
This report exposes the alarming environmental and human rights toll of China’s distant-water squid fleet in the Southeast Pacific. It draws on investigations that reveal widespread shark finning, marine mammal capture, abusive labour practices, and the unloading of deceased crew into Latin American ports. The report also highlights major governance failures: despite early warnings of a decline in the squid population, and calls for urgent reforms to end IUU fishing and forced labour in the world’s most important squid fishery.
Watch the webinar where we discuss the findings of this report with experts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
This report exposes the alarming environmental and human rights toll of China’s distant-water squid fleet in the Southeast Pacific. It draws on investigations that reveal widespread shark finning, marine mammal capture, abusive labour practices, and the unloading of deceased crew into Latin American ports. The report also highlights major governance failures: despite early warnings of a decline in the squid population, and calls for urgent reforms to end IUU fishing and forced labour in the world’s most important squid fishery.
Watch the webinar where we discuss the findings of this report with experts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
The Deadly Route to Europe: How illegal fishing and overfishing in Senegal is driving migration
This report documents the impacts of overfishing and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Senegal. It examines how the resulting declines in fish populations are driving increased forced migration to Europe across Earth's most deadly migration route, leading to over 3000 deaths in 2023 alone.
This report documents the impacts of overfishing and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Senegal. It examines how the resulting declines in fish populations are driving increased forced migration to Europe across Earth's most deadly migration route, leading to over 3000 deaths in 2023 alone.
This report documents the impacts of overfishing and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Senegal. It examines how the resulting declines in fish populations are driving increased forced migration to Europe across Earth's most deadly migration route, leading to over 3000 deaths in 2023 alone.
LOIN DES REGARDS, LOIN DE TOUT CONTRÔLE: Comment la pêche non réglementée au calmar alimente le travail forcé et les pratiques destructrices en mer: Le nouveau rapport mondial de l'Environmental Justice Foundation dévoile ce qui se passe à bord des navires de pêche au calmar en haute mer, qui opèrent en dehors de tout contrôle : travail forcé, violences physiques et décès en mer dans des pêcheries qui fournissent 60 % du calmar mondial. L'Union européenne est le premier importateur mondial de calmar. Ce qui se passe loin de nos regards a des conséquences ici.
Le nouveau rapport mondial de l'Environmental Justice Foundation dévoile ce qui se passe à bord des navires de pêche au calmar en haute mer, qui opèrent en dehors de tout contrôle : travail forcé, violences physiques et décès en mer dans des pêcheries qui fournissent 60 % du calmar mondial.
L'Union européenne est le premier importateur mondial de calmar. Ce qui se passe loin de nos regards a des conséquences ici.
OJOS QUE NO VEN, CONTROL QUE NO SE EJERCE: El auge mundial de la pesca destructiva de calamar: El nuevo informe mundial de la Fundación para la Justicia Ambiental pone al descubierto lo que ocurre a bordo de los buques de pesca de calamar de alta mar que operan sin ningún tipo de supervisión: trabajo forzoso, violencia física y muertes en el mar en las pesquerías que suministran el 60 % del calamar mundial. La Unión Europea es el mayor importador de calamar del mundo. Lo que ocurre fuera de nuestra vista tiene consecuencias aquí.
El nuevo informe mundial de la Fundación para la Justicia Ambiental pone al descubierto lo que ocurre a bordo de los buques de pesca de calamar de alta mar que operan sin ningún tipo de supervisión: trabajo forzoso, violencia física y muertes en el mar en las pesquerías que suministran el 60 % del calamar mundial.
La Unión Europea es el mayor importador de calamar del mundo. Lo que ocurre fuera de nuestra vista tiene consecuencias aquí.
The European Ocean Act: Securing Europe’s Ocean Future: Europe’s future security, competitiveness and resilience will be decided at sea. This implementation gap is becoming a strategic vulnerability for Europe, weakening fisheries productivity, offshore infrastructure, maritime supply chains and coastal stability. The European Ocean Act is an opportunity to move from commitments to delivery, ensuring 100% of EU waters are managed sustainably within ecological limits. This policy briefing lays out two strategic imperatives for the Ocean Act.
Europe’s future security, competitiveness and resilience will be decided at sea. This implementation gap is becoming a strategic vulnerability for Europe, weakening fisheries productivity, offshore infrastructure, maritime supply chains and coastal stability. The European Ocean Act is an opportunity to move from commitments to delivery, ensuring 100% of EU waters are managed sustainably within ecological limits. This short briefing lays out two strategic imperatives for the Ocean Act.
The European Ocean Act: Turning Ocean Governance into Delivery: The European Ocean Act represents a critical opportunity to move from fragmented commitments to implementation and measurable delivery, while creating a more coherent and effective framework for EU ocean governance. However, it should not become a deregulatory vehicle for weakening environmental protections. This policy briefing lays out our recommendations for the Ocean Act, to ensure it builds Europe's economic security, maritime resilience and strategic autonomy.
The European Ocean Act represents a critical opportunity to move from fragmented commitments to implementation and measurable delivery, while creating a more coherent and effective framework for EU ocean governance. However, it should not become a deregulatory vehicle for weakening environmental protections. This policy briefing lays out our recommendations for the Ocean Act, which must be implemented ensure it builds Europe's economic security, maritime resilience and strategic autonomy.
Right to Reduce: Toxic-free reuse and reduction-enabling systems as real solutions to plastic pollution: The "Right to Reduce" is a concept created by the Environmental Justice Foundation. This policy white paper asserts that the ability to reduce consumption of plastics and materials is a human right. It shows that today, individuals are systematically denied the right to reduce due to the dominance of plastics in everyday life, leaving people with little meaningful ability to avoid plastic consumption. This right to reduce is guaranteed by establishing toxic-free reduction-enabling systems, challenging the current system of plastic overproduction and overconsumption, and rejecting false solutions.
The "Right to Reduce" is a concept created by the Environmental Justice Foundation. This policy white paper asserts that the ability to reduce consumption of plastics and materials is a human right. It shows that today, individuals are systematically denied the right to reduce due to the dominance of plastics in everyday life, leaving people with little meaningful ability to avoid plastic consumption.
This right to reduce is guaranteed by establishing toxic-free reduction-enabling systems, challenging the current system of plastic overproduction and overconsumption, and rejecting false solutions.
Joint letter to Cyprus EU Presidency: Upholding the common fisheries policy at the EU Fisheries Directors General and Attachés informal meeting in Cyprus: This letter, signed by the Environmental Justice Foundation, Coalition Clean Baltic, ClientEarth, Oceana, Seas At Risk and WWF EU, urges Mrs Marina Argyrou, Director of the Department of Fisheries and Marine Research of Cyprus and presiding over the informal meeting of EU Fisheries Directors General and Attachés (26-28 April 2026), to resist growing pressure from some Member States to reopen core fisheries legislation under a so-called "simplification package", and to prioritise the full and timely implementation of existing Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) provisions as a prerequisite to achieving sustainable EU fisheries.
This letter, signed by the Environmental Justice Foundation, Coalition Clean Baltic, ClientEarth, Oceana, Seas At Risk and WWF EU, urges Mrs Marina Argyrou, Director of the Department of Fisheries and Marine Research of Cyprus and presiding over the informal meeting of EU Fisheries Directors General and Attachés (26-28 April 2026), to resist growing pressure from some Member States to reopen core fisheries legislation under a so-called "simplification package", and to prioritise the full and timely implementation of existing Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) provisions as a prerequisite to achieving sustainable EU fisheries.
Criminal catches: How to stop the supply of illegal seafood to the UK - Report Summary: The Coalition for Fisheries Transparency is calling on the UK to fully implement the Global Charter for Fisheries Transparency to address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and human rights abuses in the fisheries sector. The Coalition's report, Criminal catches: How to stop the supply of illegal seafood to the UK, provides detailed evidence on the problems in British seafood supply chains and clear recommendations to address them.
The Coalition for Fisheries Transparency is calling on the UK to fully implement the Global Charter for Fisheries Transparency to address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and human rights abuses in the fisheries sector. The Coalition's report, Criminal catches: How to stop the supply of illegal seafood to the UK, provides detailed evidence on the problems in British seafood supply chains and clear recommendations to address them.
A Manifesto from the Species of the Pantanal: This manifesto calls for urgent action to protect the world's largest tropical wetland, the Pantanal, on behalf of the species that inhabit it. This landmark manifesto has been signed by 16 leading conservation organisations.
Citizen scientists of the sea: The power of fisher inclusion in Ghana's closed season monitoring: Fisher inclusion transforms closed seasons from a top-down directive into a community-driven conservation effort. Sustained engagement and recognition of fisher knowledge are essential to rebuilding Ghana’s fish populations and securing the livelihoods of coastal communities.
Why the EU should follow Scotland and require CCTV on ‘supertrawlers’: Ten EU-linked freezer trawlers, all of them so-called supertrawlers over 100m long, spent an estimated 14,530 hours fishing in Scottish waters in the 12 months to 1 February 2026. Since 7 March, Scotland has required cameras on board to monitor trawlers in its waters, and the rest of the UK and EU should follow suit.
Ten EU-linked freezer trawlers, all of them so-called supertrawlers over 100m long, spent an estimated 14,530 hours fishing in Scottish waters in the 12 months to 1 February 2026. Since 7 March, Scotland has required cameras on board to monitor trawlers in its waters, and the rest of the UK and EU should follow suit.
Invisible e impune: La creciente amenaza de la flota calamarera de China en el Pacífico Sur: El informe denuncia el alarmante impacto medioambiental y los abusos de derechos humanos asociados a la flota china de pesca de calamar en alta mar en el Pacífico Sudoriental. El informe recoge investigaciones que revelan prácticas generalizadas de cercenamiento de aletas de tiburones, captura incidental de mamíferos marinos, abusos laborales y el desembarco de tripulantes fallecidos en puertos latinoamericanos. También destaca graves fallos de gobernanza en la pesquería de calamar más importante del mundo. Vea el seminario web en el que debatimos las conclusiones de este informe con expertos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r0CjrHha2E
El informe denuncia el alarmante impacto medioambiental y los abusos de derechos humanos asociados a la flota china de pesca de calamar en alta mar en el Pacífico Sudoriental. El informe recoge investigaciones que revelan prácticas generalizadas de cercenamiento de aletas de tiburones, captura incidental de mamíferos marinos, abusos laborales y el desembarco de tripulantes fallecidos en puertos latinoamericanos. También destaca graves fallos de gobernanza en la pesquería de calamar más importante del mundo.
Vea el seminario web en el que debatimos las conclusiones de este informe con expertos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Letter to Commissioner Kadis: Staying your course on combating IUU fishing by delivering digital and dissuasive fisheries control: This letter urges European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis to stick to his commitments to focus on the “gradual but timely and full implementation of the revised fisheries control system”, which includes CATCH and the Fisheries Control Regulation, to deliver on Europe’s zero-tolerance to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
This letter urges European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis to stick to his commitments to focus on the “gradual but timely and full implementation of the revised fisheries control system”, which includes CATCH and the Fisheries Control Regulation, to deliver on Europe’s zero-tolerance to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.