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European Union sinks tuna agreement

Press release | November 24, 2008 at 0:00

Marrakech - Brussels, Belgium — After over a week of strenuous international negotiations in Marrakech, Morocco, the promise of a landmark fisheries agreement to save tuna in the Mediterranean has floundered and ended in disgrace, said Greenpeace...

EU fleet caught fishing illegally

Press release | June 15, 2007 at 0:00

Amsterdam, International — The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior yesterday documented illegal fishing activities by the EU fleet, only one day after the new regulation of the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT)...

Bluefin tuna quota fished out for 2010

Bluefin tuna quota fished out for 2010

Press release | June 9, 2010 at 0:00

Brussels, International — Bluefin tuna is one step closer to extinction as the EU prepares to close this year’s Mediterranean bluefin season – which should not have been opened in the first place, said Greenpeace. The closure will become...

Mediterranean nations defer EU decision on bluefin tuna trade ban

Mediterranean nations defer EU decision on bluefin tuna trade ban

Press release | September 21, 2009 at 0:00

Opposition from Mediterranean governments at a meeting of EU national representatives in Brussels today has postponed a decision on whether to place bluefin tuna on an endangered species list and effectively ban its trade. EU environment...

Greenpeace welcomes European Commission support for international bluefin tuna trade ban

Greenpeace welcomes European Commission support for international bluefin tuna trade ban

Press release | September 8, 2009 at 0:00

Greenpeace welcomes the European Commission’s decision today to support a ban on the international trade of North Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna.

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It's official! United Nations decide to develop a High Seas Biodiversity agreement.

It's official! United Nations decide to develop a High Seas Biodiversity agreement.

Blog entry by Sofia Tsenikli | June 23, 2015

No reason to deny it – making it official makes things a tad more real! Today the United Nations General Assembly formally decided to develop a High Seas Biodiversity Agreement, endorsing the breakthrough outcome of the UN...

EU fish talks end with endorsement of overfishing

EU fish talks end with endorsement of overfishing

Press release | December 15, 2010 at 0:00

Brussels, International — EU fisheries ministers have agreed on the amount of catches per fish stock that each EU country can take in the North Sea and wider Atlantic in 2011. This includes agreement on the total allowable catch for cod and the...

Fisheries Council: France holds key to EU action to save bluefin tuna

Press release | October 26, 2010 at 0:00

Brussels, International — As European fisheries ministers prepare to meet in Luxembourg today, France is resisting calls from scientists and the European Commission to drastically cut fishing quotas for dwindling stocks of bluefin tuna, said...

New Commission supports bluefin tuna trade ban

Press release | February 22, 2010 at 0:00

Brussels, Belgium — After months of deadlock, the European Commission has called on the EU to back the suspension of the international trade in bluefin tuna. EU environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik put forward the proposal recommending the...

EU fisheries ministers: stop tuna piracy!

Press release | October 27, 2008 at 0:00

Brussels, Belgium — EU ministers should suspend fishing for bluefin tuna until France, Spain, Italy and their Mediterranean neighbours stop illegal fishing practices, said Greenpeace at the start of an EU fisheries Council today in Luxembourg.

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