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Uau! Charles Clover, founding trustee of the Blue Marine Foundation, said: “Towards the end of last year I was beginning to doubt whether a marine protected area around the Chagos archipelago, which includes half the remaining unspoiled coral reefs in the Indian Ocean, would ever come into being, even if one was declared. I was worried that in a time of austerity no incoming government could sign up to the public spending involved. I told George Duffield and Chris Gorell Barnes, two of the producers on our film, The End of the Line, that this amazing breakthrough in the protection of the oceans might now not happen because of what is to a government a relatively small amount of money.” Charles continues “I said surely there has to be someone, perhaps even a single individual, who takes the plight of the oceans seriously enough and has the money to fund this? George went out and found Ernesto Bertarelli and his foundation who have the vision and the pockets to match. Hats off to them. T...

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According to Paquotte,of the European Commission Markets and Trade section, at EUR 55 billion, the EU is the world’s most valuable seafood market. It represents 12 percent of worldwide seafood consumption but only 5 percent of seafood production , making it by far the No. 1 importer at 9 million metric tons annually, which is twice as much as the United States or Japan. Paquotte explained that a common mistake was often made in assuming that the EU market was homogeneous, when the reality is that it’s disparate. “Firstly, the five largest markets — Spain, France, Italy, the UK and Germany — account for two-thirds of all EU seafood consumed. Secondly, the annual per-capita consumption ranges from 4.5 kilograms in Bulgaria to 65 kilograms in Portugal , with an average of 27 kilograms,” he said. “Consumers eat mostly carp in Hungary, sea bass in Italy, sea bream in Spain, salmon in Germany and the UK, pangasius in Poland and a combination of all these species in France.” Paquotte noted t...

In advance of an annual meeting of bluefin tuna fishing nations next month in Paris, scientists and environmental groups are sharply questioning the validity of scientific data being used to set catch levels for the fish, which remains highly coveted as sushi but is increasingly threatened by commercial overfishing. A scientific panel convened in March by the international commission that regulates the Atlantic bluefin catch suggested that this year’s quota not exceed last year’s limit of 13,500 tons . Such a catch would give bluefin stocks a 60 percent chance of recovering by 2019 , the panel said. But many national fisheries continue to ignore their obligation to provide accurate data on how many bluefin they land each year, making accurate quotas virtually impossible to produce, outside observers assert. According to Pew, more than 85 percent of countries failed to meet reporting deadlines or to accurately report data on their bluefin tuna activities in 2009. Some countries in the M...

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Global catch losses from overfishing account for between 7 and 36 percent of the actual fish tonnage landed annually, the economists determined. The value lost from overfishing ranges from USD 6.4 billion to USD 36 billion annually. Global subsidies totaled USD 27 million in 2003, 60 percent of which was allocated to “capacity-enhancing” subsidies such as boat construction and fuel. The capacity-enhancing subsidies “encourage fisheries to bring in larger catches, contributing to unsustainable fishing practices over the long term,” according to the researchers. Japan spent the most — USD 4.6 billion — on fishing subsidies in 2003, while China spent USD 4.1 billion. The European Union provided USD 2.7 billion on subsidies, the United States allocated USD 1.8 billion and Russia dished out USD 1.5 billion. In addition, if they had not been overfished, global fisheries could also have prevented malnourishment for nearly 20 million people globally. “Whether you are looking at fish as a fina...

Saiu este relatório da Which?, uma organização sem fins lucrativos que procura: to make consumers as powerful as the organisations they deal with in their daily lives! A principal conclusão é que os consumidores parecem ficar mais confusos com a eco-certificação. A informação começa a ser tanta e tão distinta que não conseguem adoptar uma escolha facilmente. Por exemplo, para o caso da MSC, o maior órgão de certificação dos produtos da pesca, apenas 6% dos entrevistados têm conhecimento do que significa. Sem o reconhecimento dos consumidores a certificação não é viável porque não tem efeito sobre quem compra e os produtores não vêem vantagens em a adoptarem. Uma outra opção que começa a acontecer é os próprios supermercados adoptarem campanhas de sustentabilidade com a colaboração de outras entidades. Há já alguns supermercados a adoptarem esta estratégia, que promove também uma imagem green das empresas. O maior problema pode acontecer quando surge um efeito contraproducente: os con...

Já aqui tinha falado que o bacalhau está a recuperar. Ainda não há grandes consequências e negociações. Mas é também necessário perceber o que está a acontecer: quais vão ser as consequências no meio marinho em relação ao resto da cadeia trófica? as presas que servem de alimento ao bacalhau vão diminuir (normalmente crustáceos e lagosta)? e as pescarias associadas a estes recursos? serão este dados de recuperação suficientes para aumentar a pesca? e se forem relacionados apenas com uma variação pontual das condições climáticas, como por exemplo a temperatura? A questão lançada pela WWF é também interessante, o que é melhor: deixar que se continue a apanhar bacalhau como pesca acessória, de uma forma que pode ter maiores consequências para o ambiente, ou ter uma pesca autorizada e bem controlada? Porque sendo apenas uma espécie possível de apanhar como pesca acessória, podem acontecer várias ilegalidades como por exemplo apanhar o máximo de pesca acessória e desperdiçar o resto dos out...

Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the world's best-selling weedkiller Roundup, causes malformations in frog and chicken embryos at doses far lower than those used in agricultural spraying and well below maximum residue levels in products presently approved in the European Union. This is reported in research (1) published by a group around Professor Andrés Carrasco, director of the Laboratory of Molecular Embryology at the University of Buenos Aires Medical School and member of Argentina's National Council of Scientific and Technical Research. Carrasco was led to research the embryonic effects of glyphosate by reports of high rates of birth defects in rural areas of Argentina where Monsanto's genetically modified "Roundup Ready" (RR) soybeans are grown in large monocultures sprayed from airplanes regularly. RR soy is engineered to tolerate Roundup, allowing farmers to spray the herbicide liberally to kill weeds while the crop is growing. At a press conference du...