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North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission Press Release

09 January 2007

Press release from NEAFC, outlining that the Contracting Parties of NEAFC decided unanimously to adopt port state control measures. The measures, which will come into effect from 1 May 2007, provide for prior notification of landings of frozen fish by foreign fishing vessels that will include a declaration by the master of the vessel of the catch on board.

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Mumrinksiy Case Study: Updated January 2007

09 January 2007

In August 2006, Greenpeace took action and alerted the Dutch government about possible illegal unreported cod onboard th Russian reefer vessel Mumrinskiy. The vessel is now again in a Dutch port with code from the Barents Sea. This document outlines the case against the Mumrinskiy.

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FACTSHEET: The Gulf of California: Tourism that kills

05 December 2006

The Gulf of California, also known as the “World’s Aquarium”, receives around 2.1 million tourists every year. More than half of them are foreigners, mostly from the U.S. They generate revenue of nearly 2,000 million dollars. 68.8% of the tourists who visited Mexico from January to September 2006 were from the U.S., followed by tourists from Canada (8.7%), United Kingdom (3%) and Spain (2.6%).

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A Marine Reserve Network for the Gulf of California

17 November 2006

Life abounds in the Gulf of California.This wonderful sea shelters some of the richest fisheries in the world,contains more than thirty species of marine mammals,and sustains the northernmost coral reefs in the American Continent. Immense coastal surges bring nutrients from the depths of the Gulf to the surface,and fertilize some of the richest oceanic waters in the world. The estuaries bring nutrients from land to sea,and join the ecological processes of ocean and land. In this study,Octavio Aburto Oropeza and Catalina Lopez Sagastegui present a detailed,comparative analysis of the different efforts carried out in the Gulf of California aiming to establish conservation priorities.With profound knowledge of the region,they discuss the alternatives set forth to establish a network of marine reserves in the Gulf of California,and with a broad,inclusive spirit, they search for consensus and solutions,finding accords, similarities in the focus points,and congruence in the different perspectives.

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The mismanagement of the bluefin tuna fishery in the Mediterranean

15 November 2006

Over the past few decades, the inability of Governments to guarantee the sustainable exploitation of bluefin tuna stocks in different parts of the world has resulted in their severe depletion. Overfishing has already led to important decreases in bluefin tuna catches from the southern bluefin tuna stock (Thunnus maccoyii) in the South Pacific and from the western stock of the northern bluefin tuna population (Thunnus thynnus) in the West Atlantic, which is now the subject of a strict recovery plan. With the decline in catches in these two fisheries, the eastern stock of the northern bluefin tuna population has become the most important bluefin tuna fishery worldwide. Catches in this fishery take place mainly in the Mediterranean Sea.

Earlier this year, Greenpeace presented a detailed report about the state of the northern bluefin tuna population, with a particular focus on the eastern stock. The report “Where have all the tuna gone? How tuna ranching and pirate fishing are wiping out Mediterranean bluefin tuna”, analyses the state of this sub-population as well as the causes of its present mismanagement, particularly in the Mediterranean region.

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