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

NOAA nixes listing of Atlantic bluefin as endangered

By Traver Riggins

Assessment verdict pulls critique from conservationists and industry groups

Overview: The black market in bluefin

Along the Mediterranean coast of France, in the city of Montpellier, prosecutors are quietly putting on trial an ancient French tradition —

Excerpts from this story referencing "Fisheries":

"… is missing in the courtroom: their nation’s Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.In fact, in what has become one of the world’s most notorious Fisheries, …"

"… overfished.The bluefin black market is not a surprise to some experts. “Fisheries are one of the most criminalized sectors in the world,” said Daniel Paul …"

"… ndustry groups like his and officials with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in Paris. “It was a discussion we had every year, the administration and …"

"… rged.ICIJ made a dozen written requests to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries asking that it respond to allegations that its officials colluded in docto …"

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Threatened bluefin tuna may not get much help from international conference

By Kate Willson

Rejecting the tough stance of its top fisheries official, the European Union agreed Thursday to recommend similar catch limits as last year

French officials finally respond to allegations of doctored data

By Kate Willson

ICIJ’s Looting the Seas investigation, on the $4 billion black market in bluefin tuna, has attracted worldwide attention since its release t

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 …"

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Nearly €6 billion in subsidies fuel Spain’s ravenous fleet

Out-of-control subsidies have helped Spain build up a fleet that breaks the law at home and abroad

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"… rict — and adhere to — quotas for fish stocks to recover. But Spanish Fishing Secretary Alicia Villauriz said policymakers must consider more than capac …"

"… nto the EU through the port, according to multiple investigative reports. Fishing Secretary Villauriz said control in Spain is expensive because of the shee …"

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

Fishing nations approve overhaul of bluefin tuna tracking system

By Kate Willson and Marina Walker Guevara

Regulators overhaul fish tracking system to deter black market

'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

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"… 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 …"

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