Transparency

5 Dec
2016

European Parliament supports steps for transparency in EU fishing operations outside EU waters

Source & Author: Oceana Fishing activities of the European fleet outside EU waters represent 28% of total EU catches

28 Nov
2016

New EU External Fleet Regulation: key to putting an end to Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing worldwide

Source: Oceana Author: Vanya Vulperhorst On December 5th, members of the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament will have their only chance to vote this year to make a huge improvement to the way the European fishing vessels are regulated when fishing abroad. It is a vital opportunity to make sure that the EU’s fleet, […]

14 Nov
2016

Protect Fish Stocks to Build Climate Resilience Along African Coasts

Source: Huffington Post Author: Peter Eigen The fishing communities dotted along Africa’s often inhospitable coastline have overcome many challenges before. But they now face some of their most difficult challenges ever.

18 Jun
2016

Lack of Transparency: the Achilles Heel in IUU Fishing Control

Source & Author: House of Ocean Who Fishes Far recently announced the availability of new information through their pioneering database, which represents an unprecedented achievement in affording visibility to information that is rarely accessible to the public.

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.

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.