The CFP has Created a Distorted Sea Brussels, 28th of november 2019 Brian O’Riordan For more than 3 decades successive Common Fisheries Policies have discriminated against and marginalised small-scale low impact fishers and their communities, favouring industrialised overfishing. In a letter addressed to the Chair of the Fisheries (Pech) Committee of the European Parliament, LIFE […]
An invaluable opportunity for a more sustainable and fair BfT fishery From the 12th to the 19th of November 2018 in Dubrovnik (Croatia) the 21st Special Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas will take place. The Meeting is the right time to draw the attention on the case of European small-scale […]
Historically High Bluefin Tuna Quota Set by ICCAT The Bluefin tuna industry received a windfall in Marrakech, with proposed TAC increases over the period 2018 to 2020, culminating in the highest TAC ever set. There is a hike on the 2018 TAC of 4,500 tonnes, up to 28,200 tonnes from 23,655 in 2017, with a […]
Bluefin tuna in the dock: French small scale fishers take collective action to challenge unfair, non-transparent allocation system. In line with ICCAT, Europe is celebrating the successful application of Bluefin tuna recovery measures in its waters and the rebuilding of stocks by increasing quotas allocated to the industrial and sports fishing sectors. Once again Europe’s […]
11 Years Awaiting in Vain for a Fair Quota Allocation Once again Spain has turned its back on historic injustices by denying rights to small scale fishers in the Mediterranean to access Bluefin tuna. Brussels, 14 February 2017 On 7 February, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment, announced that the government had published […]
Rights Based Management and Small Scale Fisheries in the EU A LIFE Position Paper on ITQs Individual Transferrable Quotas (ITQs) have caused no end of controversy in the small-scale and coastal fisheries (SSCF) sector worldwide. The most recent reform of the CFP stirred up such controversy but rejected the imposition of obligatory Transferable Fishing Concessions […]
Allocation of Artisanal Bluefin Tuna Quota: Commissioner Vella commits to addressing this regularly with MS to ensure that CFP provisions for a fair allocation of quota are correctly applied. In an exchange of letters between LIFE and Commissioner Vella concerning the allocation of a dedicated, non-transferable Bluefin tuna quota for small scale hook and line […]
Bluefin tuna and ICCAT 50 years on. Time to correct historic wrongs, and return rightful access to small scale fishers. Brussels, 16 november 2016 Brian O’Riordan, Marta Cavallé The Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) Platform calls on ICCAT contracting parties to establish a dedicated, non-transferable, ring fenced Bluefin tuna quota for small scale low […]
Mediterranean and Canary Island Fishers demand fishing quota justice Tarragona, 8 October 2016 The Association in Defence of Mediterranean Artisanal Fisheries (ADPAM), the Regional Federation of Canary Island Fishing Cofradias, the Gaia Oceans Association, the Tarragona Fishing Cofradia and the Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) met in Tarragona to ask that Bluefin tuna quoas […]
Low Impact Fishers of Europe: Fishing for Opportunities for 2017 Brussels, 5th of september 2016 LIFE Platform The European Commission recently launched a public consultation on fishing opportunities for 2017. Further information on this and other consultations can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/maritimeaffairs_fisheries/consultations/index_en.htm Please find below LIFE’s contribution on the way forward to tackle the […]