18 July 2014
18 July 2014
DELWOOD BIARRITZ – Beach ©BLOOM/DELWOOD © Romain Quesada/Biarritz POPAY Brussels – EU Council BLOOM/POPAY © Gautier Houba/Bruxelles PANIK LONDON – Kensington Road BLOOM/PANIK © Team Lurkers/London DAVID JAE ANTUNES LISBON – Praça do Comércio BLOOM/David JAE Antunes © Jorge Coelho/Lisboa JB ROCK ROME – Ministry More…
14 July 2014
14 July 2014
France’s position on the reform of the European deep-sea fishing regulation appears unjustifiable in light of this new information On 2 July 2014, the French Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer) released data on the activities of French deep-sea bottom trawlers that non-government organizations (NGOs) have been demanding since national multi-stakeholder negotiations took More…
14 July 2014
14 July 2014
Below the list of tweet handles according to where you are in Europe: The UK supports France in its determination to derail the ban although the bulk of deep-sea bottom trawling occurs off the British Isles, especially off Scotland. The UK Fisheries Minister George Eustice has decided to support destructive foreign fleets over the preservation More…
14 July 2014
14 July 2014
TODAY, FAMOUS STREET ARTISTS ARE PRODUCING SPECTACULAR PIECES of ART IN SEVERAL EUROPEAN CAPITALS TO CALL FOR THE BAN OF DEEP-SEA BOTTOM TRAWLING Today, while the Council of European Fisheries Ministers is meeting in Brussels, seven renowned street artists will perform live and simultaneously across Europe to call on Member States to take the will More…
07 July 2014
07 July 2014
On July 14th, European Fisheries Ministers will be meeting at the Council in Brussels. A reform of the EU deep-sea fisheries management regulation, including the ban of deep-sea bottom trawling, was proposed by Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki in July 2012. As trawlers continue to drag their nets, the Fisheries Council drags its feet mainly due More…
27 June 2014
27 June 2014
Amazed by the extraordinary world he found in the book ABYSSES by Claire Nouvian, designer Yusuke Takahashi used the fantastic deep-sea marine bestiary as an inspiration for the ISSEY MIYAKE Men collection Spring/Summer 2015, presented this June 26 to the international press. “We replicated and saturated in colors some of the mysterious inhabitants of this More…
18 June 2014
12 June 2014
12 June 2014
Today, on Richard Branson’s ocean portal, Claire Nouvian writes a piece on her discovery of the deep sea and the recent outcomes of the European debate. She urges the UK government to take a stand for the deep sea. Here are some chosen extracts: So far, the UK government is even opposing More…
15 May 2014
15 May 2014
A new study published in the scientific journal Nature this week shows the reduced impact of longlining, lines with baited hooks placed on the bottom of the ocean, compared to deep-sea bottom trawling. Christopher K. Pham, Telmo Morato and their co-authors from the University of the Azores, calculated that one deep-sea bottom trawl will More…
14 May 2014
14 May 2014
Claire Nouvian is selected among 10 finalists of “Miss Bio Contest 2014″ organized by the website FémininBio with the organic beauty products “So Bio Etic”. The competition aims to elect the most “green and committed” female figure. We have until May 31 to VOTE FOR CLAIRE! Three batches of 5000, 3000 and 2000 More…