NOAA moves to police seas

By Traver Riggins

As part of their continuing effort to take a lead in managing global fisheries, officials with the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospher

Part I: A Mediterranean feeding frenzy

By Kate Willson and Jean-Pierre Canet

Cobblestone walkways line the quiet canals of Sète, a French community of 40,000 nestled along the Mediterranean about 85 miles west of Mars

Excerpts from this story referencing "Fishing":

"… in those first years. But when France was criticized for overFishing, the Fishing Ministry demanded it be the office to report official figures. An ICCAT of …"

"… r the bluefin industry ultimately leads to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing in Paris, under which the Department of Marine Fisheries operated. The Min …"

"… ative.”In a show of apparent outrage at the 2007 overFishing, the French Fishing Ministry demanded an investigation. After three months, investigators subm …"

"… e, in Algeria this year, ranking officials of that country’s Ministry of Fishing were convicted of trafficking in illegal tuna, influence peddling, and tax …"

Spain doles out millions in aid despite fishing company's record

By Kate Willson and Mar Cabra

Company received $12 million in public aid even as it faced more than 40 allegations of illegal fishing
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'Free-for-all' decimates fish stocks in the southern Pacific

By Mort Rosenblum and Mar Cabra

Fishing fleets have devastated stocks in the southern Pacific, once among the world’s richest waters

Excerpts from this story referencing "Fisheries":

"… f curbing the plunder.Negotiations to establish the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) began in 2006, at the initiative of Austr …"

"… abundance, he said. “We have no more jack mackerel or hake or anchoveta. Fisheries that produced a million or more tons a year have simply run out from overf …"

"… numbers are not manipulated.Richard Inurritegui, president of the National Fisheries Society, the leading industry group, downplayed the investigation’s find …"

Lords of the fish

By Juan Pablo Figueroa Lasch

As fish stocks plummet, industry and government blame each other for the damage

Excerpts from this story referencing "Fisheries":

"… etition grew intense. A score of nations formed the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO), and the world’s biggest fishing vessel …"

"… for catching far too much. He told the daily El Mercurio in December, “Fisheries were administered with a short-term vision, which provoked irreparable dam …"

Dutch Parliament debates ICIJ’s Pacific overfishing investigation

By Marina Walker Guevara

ICIJ's exposé on overfishing in the South Pacific sparks parliamentary debate
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Fishing deaths mount, but government slow to cast safety net for deadliest industry

By Ronnie Greene

Commercial fishing is the deadliest industry in the U.S., but with federal reform moving slowly, some fishermen are stepping in.