'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 "Gerard van Balsfoort":

"… fish are sucked into the hold by suction tubes, like giant vacuum cleaners.Gerard van Balsfoort, president of the Dutch-based Pelagic Freezer-Trawler Association (PFA), w …"

Sin control, gigantes pesqueros diezman el Pacífico Sur

By Mort Rosenblum and Mar Cabra

La depredación del Pacífico Sur

Excerpts from this story referencing "Gerard van Balsfoort":

"… en la bodega mediante tubos succionadores similares a aspiradoras gigantes.Gerard van Balsfoort, presidente de la Asociación de Grandes Arrastreros Congeladores de Pelá …"

Dutch Parliament debates ICIJ’s Pacific overfishing investigation

By Marina Walker Guevara

ICIJ's exposé on overfishing in the South Pacific sparks parliamentary debate

Excerpts from this story referencing "Gerard van Balsfoort":

"… esents nine companies and 25 European Union-flagged vessels. PFA president Gerard van Balsfoort told ICIJ in January that vessels in the southern Pacific fished too hard …"