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?...
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?...
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.
Parliamentary letter on UK's seafood imports: In this letter to Emma Reynolds MP (Secretary of State at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and Dame Angela Eagle MP (Minister for Fisheries), over 40 parliamentarians express their alarm at the ongoing failure to adequately scrutinise the UK’s seafood imports and the risk this poses to consumers, fishers and the marine environment. They urge the environment and fisheries ministers to take action to strengthen the UK’s import control system, to prevent the country from becoming a dumping ground for illegal and slave-caught seafood.
In this letter to Emma Reynolds MP (Secretary of State at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and Dame Angela Eagle MP (Minister for Fisheries), over 40 parliamentarians express their alarm at the ongoing failure to adequately scrutinise the UK’s seafood imports and the risk this poses to consumers, fishers and the marine environment. They urge the environment and fisheries ministers to take action to strengthen the UK’s import control system, to prevent the country from becoming a dumping ground for illegal and slave-caught seafood.
Breaking the vicious circle: How the trade in illegal bycatch from Ghana’s industrial trawl fleet is imperilling the sustainability of artisanal fisheries: Populations of small pelagic fish traditionally caught by artisanal fishers in Ghanaian waters are severely overfished and in a state of collapse. The alarming state of Ghana’s small pelagic fisheries results in part from persistent illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing by the largely foreign-owned industrial trawl fleet. The use of illegal fishing gear by trawlers results in large volumes of bycatch, known locally as logo fish - juvenile and undersized fish which are either discarded or sold to coastal communities for profit. Urgent action is needed to break this vicious circle and ensure a more sustainable and equitable future for Ghana’s fisheries.
Populations of small pelagic fish traditionally harvested by artisanal fishers in Ghanaian waters are severely overfished and in a state of collapse. The alarming state of Ghana’s small pelagic fisheries results in part from persistent illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing by the largely foreign-owned industrial trawl fleet. The use of illegal fishing gear by trawlers results in large volumes of bycatch, known locally as logo fish - juvenile and undersized fish which are either discarded or sold to coastal communities for profit.
Urgent action is needed to break this vicious circle and ensure a more sustainable and equitable future for Ghana’s fisheries.
Eyes on the water: Tackling illegal fishing and human rights abuses through the use of onboard CCTV cameras: Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) and unsustainable fishing places immense pressure on the world’s oceans. These destructive practices go hand in hand with human rights violations and labour abuses. A major challenge in effectively tackling these issues is that much of this harmful activity occurs in the middle of the ocean, where it is easier to avoid detection. The findings of this report show that the adoption of fleet-wide CCTV, as a key tool within broader monitoring, control and surveillance systems, has massive potential to enhance transparency, tackle IUU fishing, and address human rights abuses at sea.
Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) and unsustainable fishing places immense pressure on the world’s oceans. These destructive practices go hand in hand with human rights violations and labour abuses. A major challenge in effectively tackling these issues is that much of this harmful activity occurs in the middle of the ocean, where it is easier to avoid detection.
The findings of this report show that the adoption of fleet-wide CCTV, as a key tool within broader monitoring, control and surveillance systems, has massive potential to enhance transparency, tackle IUU fishing, and address human rights abuses at sea.
Lifting the veil: Evaluating transparency in Ghana's fisheries sector: Illegal fishing and overfishing risk the collapse of Ghana’s fish populations, directly undermining the most basic human rights of coastal communities, and costing the country millions of dollars every year. Greater transparency is needed to achieve sustainable, legal, and ethical fisheries. This analysis aims to inform and guide this action, and to assist Ghana in moving from commitment to the Global Charter to full implementation, ensuring that the benefits of transparency are secured for the many Ghanaians who depend on fisheries resources for their livelihoods.
Illegal fishing and overfishing risk the collapse of Ghana’s fish populations, directly undermining the most basic human rights of coastal communities, and costing the country millions of dollars every year. Greater transparency is needed to achieve sustainable, legal, and ethical fisheries.
This analysis aims to inform and guide this action, and to assist Ghana in moving from commitment to the Global Charter to full implementation, ensuring that the benefits of transparency are secured for the many Ghanaians who depend on fisheries resources for their livelihoods.
환 한 불 빛 , 흐 릿 한 미 래: 본 보고서는 남서대서양 아르헨티나 오징어 어업에 대한 EJF 조사 결과를 제시한다. 세계 최대 규모의 오징어 어장 중 하나인 남서대서양 공해 지역은 관리 감독이 없는 비규제 해역이다. 매년 수백 척의 원양 어선들이 몰려들어, 오징어가 먹이를 좇기 위해 또는 산란지로 가기 위해 아르헨티나 해역에서 벗어나자마자 포획한다. 위성 사진에서도 관측될 정도로 거대한 규모의 이 어선들은 지난 10년간 급증했다. 이는 오징어에 대한 수요 증가와 더불어 어선들이 기존에 잡던 어종을 더 이상 양껏 조업하지 못하게 되면서 오징어로 목표 어종을 전환했기 때문이다. 조사 기간 동안 해당 지역에서 중국 오징어 어선의 조업 시간은 거의 두 배로 증가한 반면, 어획량은 감소하는 우려스러운 징후를 보인다. 즉, 자원량이 위기에 처했음을 시사한다
본 보고서는 남서대서양 아르헨티나 오징어 어업에 대한 EJF 조사 결과를 제시한다. 세계 최대 규모의 오징어 어장 중 하나인 남서대서양 공해 지역은 관리 감독이 없는 비규제 해역이다. 매년 수백 척의 원양 어선들이 몰려들어, 오징어가 먹이를 좇기 위해 또는 산란지로 가기 위해 아르헨티나 해역에서 벗어나자마자 포획한다. 위성 사진에서도 관측될 정도로 거대한 규모의 이 어선들은 지난 10년간 급증했다. 이는 오징어에 대한 수요 증가와 더불어 어선들이 기존에 잡던 어종을 더 이상 양껏 조업하지 못하게 되면서 오징어로 목표 어종을 전환했기 때문이다. 조사 기간 동안 해당 지역에서 중국 오징어 어선의 조업 시간은 거의 두 배로 증가한 반면, 어획량은 감소하는 우려스러운 징후를 보인다. 즉, 자원량이 위기에 처했음을 시사한다
Fishers' rights matter: Mapping small-scale fisheries landing and smoking sites in Liberia to assess environmental and legal risks to their tenure rights: Liberia’s small-scale fisheries are the backbone of coastal livelihoods, but they face mounting threats from coastal erosion, mangrove destruction, and insecure land rights. Fishing communities’ rights are at risk without urgent action.
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.