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Oceana urges EU Fisheries Ministers to consider the high level of discards in European fisheries during their discussions on 2008 quotas which begin today in Brussels.
The quotas allocated by the governments were over 35 million tons higher than the values advised by scientists.
Vessels are escaping EU regulation by catching sharks in distant waters and “Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported” fishing in the Pacific Ocean.
The catch limits proposed by the European Commission for certain shark species yet again exceed scientific recommendations.
International Atlantic Tuna Commission agrees to reduce fishing for two threatened species.
Oceana and Shark Alliance call for urgent action in response to the IUCN study revealing region’s sharks and rays are endangered and unprotected.
Oceana welcomes today’s publication of a Proposal for a Regulation to eliminate IUU fishing. Oceana also notes that millions of euros of subsidies have ended up in the hands of pirate fishers.
