“SOS OCEAN!” Summit: Emmanuel Macron supports destroyers against citizens

31 March 2025

At the “SOS OCEAN!” summit held this morning in Paris, Prince Albert II of Monaco concluded his speech by calling (…)

France’s anti-ecological ocean strategy: until when?

31 March 2025

Ahead of the SOS OCEAN summit at which President Emmanuel Macron is expected to speak today around midday, the government (…)

Notice to supermarkets: BLOOM publishes the red list of destructive vessels

23 March 2025

For the first time, BLOOM is publishing a turnkey tool that will enable supermarket chains to make a commitment to (…)

BLOOM and foodwatch take Carrefour to court

17 March 2025

On Monday 17 March, after two years of fruitless dialogue in the context of two formal notices served on Carrefour (…)

AS EU OCEAN DAYS CONCLUDE, CIVIL SOCIETY, FISHERS, AND THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY CALL ON COMMISSIONER KADIS TO AFFIRM THAT BOTTOM TRAWLING HAS NO PLACE IN MARINE PROTECTED AREAS

10 March 2025

Following the conclusion of EU Ocean Days, leading ocean advocates — BLOOM, Blue Marine Foundation, Défense des Milieux Aquatiques, National (…)

THE BIG EU DEREGULATION

10 March 2025

Disastrous Omnibus proposal erodes EU’s corporate accountability commitments and slashes human rights and environmental protections. The publication by the European (…)

Dismissal of the criminal complaint against TotalEnergies: French justice admits powerlessness in front of climate change

20 February 2025

Faced with the destructive behavior of the oil majors, which continue their fossil fuel expansion despite risks of climate breakdown (…)

The end of fossil fuel subsidies : commissionner Hoekstra stays on course

12 February 2025

On 6 February, the European Commissioner for Climate Action, Energy and Clean Growth, Wopke Hoekstra, presented his priorities to the (…)

Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive : France advocates indefinite postponement, to the detriment of social and environmental justice

24 January 2025

According to a document made public by Politico and Mediapart, the French government, via the Minister of Economy Eric Lombard, (…)

Over 400 cases of suspected fraud: BLOOM files a complaint for illegal fishing in protected areas

16 January 2025

After more than a year’s research carried out jointly with the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) and the Marine Conservation (…)

NGOs, trade union organisations and members of civil society write to Ursula Von Der Leyen

13 January 2025

In a joint and open letter initiated by Friends of the Earth Europe, Climate Action Network Europe, Corporate Europe Observatory, (…)

European justice condemns Commission’s inaction on illegal subsidies for electric fishing

07 January 2025

This is a major step forward for social justice, which sends a strong signal to those who exploit the ocean (…)

Energy taxation directive: A handful of Member States persist in undermining the EU’s climate ambitions

19 December 2024

On Tuesday December 10, at the ECOFIN meeting of the EU Council, ministers of economy and finance of the EU (…)

Giant trawlers: the devastating proof of a massacre in a “protected” area

16 December 2024

Last week, the BLOOM team were caught in the act of environmental destruction in a marine area that is supposedly (…)

In Brussels, EU member States about to bury climate ambitions

09 December 2024

In the Council of the European Union, a handful of Member States are preparing to bury climate ambitions and the (…)

DecarboniseNow coalition calls on newly appointed European Commissioners Hoekstra and Kadis to end fossil fuel subsidies

04 December 2024

As part of the DecarboniseNow coalition, BLOOM has co-signed a letter calling on Mr Costas Kadis (European Commissioner for Fisheries (…)

‘OMNIBUS’ Legislation – The European Union threatens to backtrack on its commitments to human, social, and environmental rights

26 November 2024

The European Commission is considering an “Omnibus” legislation to simultaneously renegotiate certain aspects of the Directive on Due Diligence, the (…)

Lost in ambition: silences and unspoken words of Commissioner-designates Kadis and Hoekstra

08 November 2024

More than ever in the post-WW2 era, we need European institutions and decision-makers with a strong and ambitious vision to (…)

COP16: The global failure to protect life

04 November 2024

At the end of ten days of negotiations, during the participating states were expected to implement practical measures to halt (…)

The French masquerade on ocean protection at COP16

29 October 2024

During the high-level segment of the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) which starts today in Cali, world leaders are expected (…)

Mercury contamination: BLOOM exposes a health scandal on an unprecedented scale

29 October 2024

Mercury in every tin of tuna: that’s the alarming discovery the NGO BLOOM made when it analysed almost 150 tins (…)

“Time’s up”: BLOOM launches the citizen coalition for the protection of ocean at European level.

28 October 2024

At the beginning of October, renowned scientists – those who have already warned us many times – told us the brutal truth: the (…)

Leading scientists redefine the notion of ‘sustainability’ to save the ocean and feed a hungry and warming planet

23 September 2024

A week before Brussels’ Ocean Week, and a few months before the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, a group including (…)

Victory for the climate and the ocean: TotalEnergies abandons two gas projects in South African waters

29 July 2024

On Monday July 29, TotalEnergies announced that it was abandoning two gas projects off the coast of South Africa. For (…)

Response to Le Point’s allegations concerning European tuna fishing

18 June 2024

Journalist Erwan Seznec, a regular contributor to Le Point, seems to have taken a dislike to BLOOM.  Following a first (…)

Lies, manipulation, conspiracy and defamation: the choice of the tuna lobby

06 June 2024

The day after the publication of our latest report comparing the environmental, social and economic asssessments of two tuna fishing (…)

MEP rankings: 150 votes under the microscope

01 June 2024

With less than one week to go before the European elections, and after presenting an analysis of the ecological performance (…)

BLOOM and ClientEarth tackle trawling in Mediterranean ‘protected’ marine areas

28 May 2024

In the Mediterranean, France currently allows highly destructive fishing methods such as bottom trawling in its so-called ‘protected’ marine areas (…)

NGOs and climate change victims file criminal case against TotalEnergies’ board of directors and shareholders 

21 May 2024

Today, three NGOs, BLOOM (France), Santé Planétaire (France), and Nuestro Futuro (Mexico) and eight climate change victims filed a criminal (…)

Anatomy of a fall: France disgraces itself by forming an anti-ecological European coalition based on fake news

15 May 2024

The French government has just erased what little political credibility it had left on the international stage by leading an (…)

Two new reports reveal an opaque canned tuna industry that is three times more carbon-intensive than selective fishing, and creates thirty times fewer jobs

06 May 2024

In two new reports, BLOOM reveals groundbreaking aspects of the European tuna industry, mostly in the Indian Ocean: an opaque, (…)

BLOOM opposes the irresponsibility of the trawl lobby supported by the Brittany region 

18 April 2024

At a time when the international community is announcing in Athens that it is committing considerable resources to effectively protect (…)

French maneuvers to undermine the UK’s ecological ambitions

15 April 2024

Paris, 15 April 2024   At a time when the United Kingdom is showing exemplary determination to implement scientific recommendations and (…)

The perverse links between offshore wind farms and the trawl lobby

04 April 2024

A groundbreaking investigation into how the trawling lobby reaps the benefits of offshore wind and sacrifices artisanal fishing. Against the (…)

European ranking: France has the most trawled marine “protected” area

26 March 2024

By demonstrating that the most destructive fishing methods, such as bottom trawling, are still used on a daily basis in (…)

Over 60 NGOs and public figures launch a citizens’ coalition to protect the ocean

26 March 2024

With France’s national maritime policy strategy taking shape[1], the European Copernicus Observation Programme reporting record ocean temperatures every month, and (…)

The giant trawler: industrial fishing’s lifeline is causing job blackmail

25 March 2024

BLOOM mobilized and organized a demonstration on 15 February, publicly denouncing the exploitation of the world’s largest pelagic trawler operated (…)

BLOOM publishes a groundbreaking environmental assessment of the European Parliament

20 March 2024

A few months ahead of the European elections on June 9, 2024, BLOOM unveils an unprecedented comprehensive analysis: an in-depth, (…)

25 factsheets to guide MEPs

21 February 2024

BLOOM and the Fabrique Écologique have joined forces to help future MEPs understand all the issues affecting the future of (…)

BLOOM asks European candidates to commit to saving the ocean, the climate and livelihoods

20 February 2024

The ocean has never been in such poor conditions, the climate never so unstable, small-scale fisheries never so precarious. With (…)

Brittany embraces industrial trawling lobbies

18 February 2024

A very important vote took place on the evening of Friday 16 February at the Regional Council of Brittany. A (…)

Join the public debate to save the ocean

16 February 2024

The French National Commission for Public Debate (CNDP) is organizing a major debate on the future of the oceans until (…)

Demonstration to decommission the world’s largest pelagic trawler

12 February 2024

BLOOM and the Pleine Mer association are calling for a general mobilization of artisanal fishers and of all individual, community (…)

A groundbreaking report on the social-ecological transition of the fishing sector

23 January 2024

Faced with the environmental and social emergency and the lack of concrete scenarios to think about the future of fishing, (…)

Last votes for the ocean in the European Parliament: setting the course for the next term of office

18 January 2024

On Thursday January 18, 2024, members of the European Parliament will have one last opportunity to vote on the future (…)

France once again contradicts its European commitments by acquiring the world’s largest pelagic trawler.

11 January 2024

In a ‘surprising’ turn of events, 2024 is not set to be the ‘Year of the Sea’ as promised by (…)

The government lies on giant trawlers

18 December 2023

On 28 November, the French government committed yet another astounding feat. On the set of the program “Les super-pouvoirs de (…)

BLOOM takes legal action to obtain transparency on fishing quotas

11 December 2023

As negotiations between Member States on fishing quotas for 2024 drew to a close on Monday 11 December, BLOOM brought (…)

A French President should not stoop so low

29 November 2023

28 November could well be the date chosen by future school textbooks as the moment when all was lost for (…)

TotalEnergies’ dangerous silence on the carbon budget

21 November 2023

Faced with criticism over its policy of deploying fossil fuel projects, TotalEnergies’ systematic response is that the company will be (…)

Ground-breaking ranking of European supermarkets: Willfully ignorant of the tragedy behind their tuna supply

08 November 2023

Today, BLOOM’s report “Willful Ignorance” reveals how supermarkets are complicit in the massacre of marine life and serious human rights (…)

BLOOM sends a formal notice to Carrefour to put an end to the ecological and human tragedy of tuna fishing

08 November 2023

After months of research and appalling revelations about the destructiveness and multi-dimensional abuses of tropical tuna fishing (see our “TunaGate” (…)

The european supermarkets ranking on tuna: Our methodology

08 November 2023

Over the summer 2023, BLOOM, Blue Marine Foundation and Greenpeace UK requested tuna sourcing information from 36 European retailers in (…)

France – South Africa: Nine NGOs call upon the government to condemn TotalEnergies’ dangerous game

12 October 2023

As the Rugby World Cup quarter-final between France and South Africa is due to get underway on Sunday 15 October, (…)

Saving the eel: NGOs call on the government

05 October 2023

BLOOM, France Nature Environnement, Longitude 181, Des Requins et Des Hommes, FishSec, MedReAct, Oceana and Seas at Risk are calling (…)

France’s radio silence on the ocean

05 October 2023

This Friday 6 October an important meeting between European institutions will take place in Brussels to prepare the implementation of (…)

The French maneuver to torpedo what’s left of the “nature restoration” pillar of the European Green Deal

03 October 2023

As the European Commission, Council and Parliament will meet in trilogue on 5 October and 16 November to seal the (…)

The ocean: the glaring omission from Macron’s ‘ecological plan’

26 September 2023

On Monday 25 September, President Emmanuel Macron presented the ‘ecological plan’ designed to enable France to become a “great ecological (…)

Who could have predicted the end of trawling?

21 September 2023

Who could have predicted that trawling’s Achilles heel was its structural dependence on oil? Who could have predicted that trawling was (…)

The destructive alliance of retailers and the MSC against the ocean

13 September 2023

In a new report in the ‘TunaGate’ series, BLOOM denounces the dangerous role the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) label and (…)

Emmanuel Macron’s environmental hypocrisy exposed by the most prestigious international scientific journal

08 September 2023

On Tuesday 5 September, the prestigious international scientific journal Nature published an editorial entitled “Hypocrisy is threatening the future of (…)

A crucial resolution for the Indian Ocean, fiercely opposed by Franco-Spanish industrial fishers, was cancelled

17 August 2023

After months of lobbying, the European Union has obtained the cancellation of a resolution crucial for marine protection, that was (…)

French authorities turn a blind eye to illegal fishing in Calanques National Park

01 August 2023

In the Mediterranean, at a time when marine heatwaves have been breaking records for several years, leading to the accelerated (…)

Ocean Rescue needed for the Nature Restoration Law

17 July 2023

On Wednesday 12 July, by 336 votes to 300, the European Parliament finally adopted a very weakened Nature Restoration Law (…)

Exceptional citizen mobilization leads to the adoption of the Nature Restoration Law

16 July 2023

27 June was a day of mourning for the biosphere, with the rejection of the Nature Restoration Law by the (…)

No, the RENEW group is not a champion of the environment

13 July 2023

It was to be expected. After torpedoing the content of the Nature Restoration Law, the RENEW group congratulated itself on (…)

Nature saved from the abyss, the ocean protected but… we’ll have to be patient and combative

12 July 2023

The die has been cast. In Strasbourg, MEPs have just saved the biodiversity pillar of the European Green Deal from (…)

Nature restoration: a widely supported amendment to protect the ocean and European coastal fisheries

11 July 2023

This Wednesday, 12 July, the 705 Members of the European Parliament will have the opportunity to adopt an amendment to (…)

One law for nature, two amendments for the ocean and fishers

10 July 2023

At the European Parliament in Strasbourg, in a plenary vote scheduled for 12 July, all 705 MEPs will vote on (…)

Milestone victory for the ocean in the European Parliament

07 July 2023

Tension is rising in the European Parliament as the plenary vote on the Nature Restoration Law, scheduled for 12 July (…)

Defamation, slander, and conspiracy: the last resort of a cornered destructive industry

05 July 2023

« A last trick is to become personal, insulting, rude, as soon as you perceive that your opponent has the (…)

Exclusive survey: three quarters of European citizens want truly protected marine areas

03 July 2023

As the European Parliament is preparing for a crucial vote on the Nature Restoration Law for the week of 10 (…)

Requiem for nature at the European Parliament

27 June 2023

Today is a day of mourning for the biosphere. The Right, the Far-Right and a large section of the Liberals (…)

Total censorship: we will not be silenced by SLAPPs!

27 June 2023

In recent months, judicial attacks on the freedom of expression of journalists, activists, and NGOs have multiplied in France and (…)

No man’s land for the Nature Restoration Law

15 June 2023

The Nature Restoration Law is on hold. The vote on this text, which is essential for the future of our (…)

The Liberal Right’s toxic game

15 June 2023

The Nature Restoration Law’s destiny is on hold after the suspension of the vote in the European Parliament’s Environment Committee. (…)

The European Right’s reign of terror

15 June 2023

It is tough being a right-wing MEP in Brussels these days Ignoring the multiplication of extreme weather events and disregarding (…)

Nature Restoration Law: French President Macron’s RENEW group calls the shots for the future of Europe’s ecosystems

13 June 2023

On Thursday June 15th, Members of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee will vote on a historic legislative proposal, a cornerstone (…)

Environmental performance of European political groups: BLOOM publishes a groundbreaking rating

06 June 2023

On the eve of a vote on the Nature Restoration Law, an essential European regulation proposal to restore and safeguard (…)

The sabotage of a crucial European law in favour of nature

05 June 2023

This is a historic opportunity. For the first time, the European Union is proposing to set binding targets for Member (…)

Fishing quotas: Associations enter the fray

30 May 2023

Enough is enough: BLOOM and three fishers’ organizations call for the full transparency and fair distribution of fishing quotas. Far (…)

Groundbreaking analysis reveals greenwashing of TotalEnergies’ climate change projects with renewables

25 May 2023

Ahead of TotalEnergies’ Annual General Meeting, as citizens and scientists denounce the company’s fossil fuel investments and call on its (…)

Human rights abuses: the brutality contained in a tuna can

16 May 2023

Persistent. Endless. Relentless. Human rights abuses are pervasive in the tuna industry. This is the conclusion of a report that (…)

Appeal lodged by BLOOM against the European Union and France for obstruction of ocean protection

10 May 2023

While the members of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) have been gathered in Mauritius since Monday for their annual (…)

Tuna fishing lobbies caught red-handed

27 April 2023

We knew it all along and they have just proved it: industrial fishing lobbies influence the official positions of States (…)

Undue pressure from a panicked minister

20 April 2023

The French Secretary of State for the Sea Hervé Berville has certainly forged a path in fire. After having ignited (…)

Stan Shea from BLOOM Hong Kong is awarded the 2023 Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation

13 April 2023

Stan Shea, the most long-standing member of BLOOM Association Hong Kong, was chosen to be one of the seven recipients (…)

BLOOM files a complaint against the French State Secretary for the Sea before the Court of Justice of the French Republic

11 April 2023

Today, BLOOM is filing a complaint with the Court of Justice of the French Republic(1) against the French Secretary of State (…)

The European Commission trumps its environmental and humanitarian mandate and acts as an industrial lobbyist in Africa

05 April 2023

While industrial tuna lobbies are under judicial investigation in France for unlawful taking of interests, the neo-colonial actions of France (…)

France, the future 2025 UN Ocean Conference host, openly fights ocean protection

03 April 2023

The French Secretary of State for the Sea, Hervé Berville, has set the fishing sector on fire against Marine Protected (…)

He who spreads lies and fear reaps chaos

31 March 2023

On the evening of 30-31 March 2023, the offices of the French Office for Biodiversity (OFB; French: Office français de (…)

A fishers’ coalition takes the European Commission to court for unlawful ‘failure to act’

17 March 2023

Press release – On BLOOM’s initiative, the association LIFE (‘Low-Impact Fishers of Europe’) and 27 French, Belgian, Dutch and British (…)

Making a Killing: 150 tonnes of fish in one haul – a crime by any yardstick

15 March 2023

Press Release  Following the catch of 150 tons of meagre by the purse seiner War Raog IV, amounting to 20% (…)

‘Trawl Watch’: BLOOM launches accounts to track mega trawlers

14 March 2023

Today, BLOOM is launching a Twitter account called ‘Trawl Watch EU‘ with the aim of tracking down and denouncing mega (…)

BLOOM sues the French State, supportive of environmental destruction in the Indian Ocean

06 March 2023

While the world is praising the laborious completion of the UN treaty on the High Seas, a concrete and urgent (…)

The only concrete opportunity to protect nature threatened by the European right

01 March 2023

One year ago today, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that the latest IPCC report was an ‘atlas of human suffering (…)

A rare victory for the ocean threatened by France and Spain

23 February 2023

Victories are rare for the ocean. On 5 February this year, one was secured though, wrestled out from the jaws (…)

‘Ocean Package’: under the influence of industrial lobbies, the European Commission gives up on saving marine life and the climate

21 February 2023

Press release – Paris, Brussels, 21 February 2023 Two years. Two years that NGOs and citizens have been waiting for (…)

Serial Fraud in the Industrial Fishing Sector: BLOOM Files a Complaint

20 February 2023

On 16 February 2023, BLOOM filed a complaint with the French Public Prosecutor’s Office of Le Havre and Boulogne-sur-Mer against (…)

TotalEnergies: Mobilization at the European Parliament

10 February 2023

Paris/Brussels – On 7 February, at the European Parliament, five laureates of the Goldman Environmental Prize* denounced the complicity of (…)

Five Goldman Environmental Prize Winners urge financial players to stop supporting TotalEnergies’ climate-wrecking strategy

07 February 2023

Brussels / Paris / Berlin / South Africa, 7 February 2023 On the eve of the announcement of TotalEnergies’ annual (…)

First decisive step to protect tuna in the Indian Ocean despite fierce EU opposition

06 February 2023

Press release – After three days of negotiations under severe tension and abnormal pressure, on Sunday 5 February 2023, coastal (…)

Sea Bass Fraud in Normandy: Caught in the Act

06 February 2023

The failure to respect regulations, encouraged by an evident lack of inspection of industrial vessels, is causing the destruction of (…)

Not a single veritable Marine ‘Protected’ Area in France: a groundbreaking analysis by BLOOM

03 February 2023

While the international conference on Marine Protected Areas opens today in Vancouver, BLOOM is releasing a groundbreaking analysis, embarrassing for (…)

BLOOM calls on the EU to support environmental protection in the Indian Ocean

30 January 2023

While two potentially game-changing meetings start today in Mombasa (Kenya) that could determine a clear improvement for the vastly degraded state of health of tuna populations and other marine life in the Indian Ocean, we call on the EU to completely change its stance and adopt the urgent measures tabled by India to protect the marine environment.

The pillaging of African waters: ground-breaking revelations on European tuna lobbies

12 January 2023

Part 2 of the ‘TunaGate’ investigation series Press release – BLOOM is continuing to dive into the obscure world of tuna (…)

COP15: other issues addressed in the Kunming-Montreal agreement

23 December 2022

The 195 Member States of the Convention on Biological Diversity have agreed on a number of key issues such as deep sea protection, restoration of degraded ecosystems, advocacy for the rights of indigenous people, the rights of nature, and funding for nature protection in developing countries.

Mission accomplished at COP15: France has succeeded in sabotaging the global agreement on biodiversity

19 December 2022

France has reached its objective: to ensure that the global agreement intended to put an end to the collapse of the living world, which the 195 Member States of the Convention on Biological Diversity have just adopted in Montreal, is just window-dressing.

How France is threatening global biodiversity at COP15

16 December 2022

While the whole world’s attention is focused on football, France is trashing the International Conference on Biodiversity in Montreal, making (…)

French justice system stalls under pressure to halt overfishing

08 December 2022

Environmental NGOs BLOOM, ClientEarth and DMA (Défense des milieux aquatiques, ‘Aquatic Environment Defence’) have called out the French justice system (…)

France’s sabotage of the COP15 biodiversity summit’s marine protection objectives

06 December 2022

Fake Marine Protected Areas, a real endorsement of industrial fishing: a groundbreaking analysis on maritime protection policy in France from (…)

Conflict of interest in tuna fishing: the Parquet National Financier opened an inquiry

03 December 2022

The Parquet national financier (or PNF, France’s financial crimes investigator) has decided to open an inquiry following our revelations on the collusion between French public powers and anti-environmental lobbies.

BLOOM calls on the French President in Le Monde

03 December 2022

Three days before the COP15 on biodiversity in Canada, BLOOM sends a crucial message for the ocean, biodiversity and the (…)

Marine protected areas that protect unreachable and unexploited areas

24 November 2022

An analysis conducted by French marine NGO BLOOM reveals today that the marine protected areas under strict protection of the French Southern Territories, which President Macron proudly claimed to have tripled in size at the Brest Summit in February 2022, is located in an area that has never been the subject of industrial fishing.

BLOOM and Corporate Europe Observatory file a complaint against tuna lobbies Orthongel and Europêche

16 November 2022

Today, marine conservation NGO BLOOM and Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) file a formal complaint to the EU Transparency Register against both the French tuna lobby Orthongel and EU-wide industrial fishing lobby Europêche.

The wild west of tuna fishing lobbies: an investigation by BLOOM

14 November 2022

The sheer power of an outlawed industrial sector. The guilt of a complicit administration.

Conflicts of interest and environmental destruction: BLOOM and ANTICOR sound the alarm

14 November 2022

BLOOM and ANTICOR warn of a case of public-private transfer that causes a clear conflict of interest in the tuna fishing sector.

Victory! France supports a ban on deep-sea mining

07 November 2022

After speaking out against deep-sea mining at an “intimate” event alongside the United Nations conference in Lisbon, President Emmanuel Macron (…)

From Lisbon to Kingston, France must move from words to action!

26 October 2022

Joint NGO statement – Paris, 26 October 2022 NGOs call upon the French government to “put a real stop to (…)

A new climate bomb in South Africa: BLOOM and The Green Connection oppose TotalEnergies’ harmful offshore oil & gas projects

17 October 2022

In South Africa, the French oil & gas major ‘TotalEnergies’ is about to start yet another destructive project despite specific (…)

BLOOM sues the French government’s MPA definition before the State Council

07 October 2022

Paris, 7 October 2022 – BLOOM challenges Macron’s government before the French State Council regarding an anti-ecological decree that undermines (…)

Macron abandons the ocean and French fishers in favor of destructive industrial fishing

29 September 2022

It’s a betrayal of the nation’s interests. A betrayal of the promises made to  youth on climate. A « dirty (…)

VICTORY FOR THE OCEAN : 16,000 km2 of fragile ecosystems spared from deep-sea fishing, at long last!

15 September 2022

PRESS RELEASE – Paris, 15 September 2022 It took four years longer than planned, but the European Commission did it. (…)

Unprecedented poll: 98% of fishers against an industrial fishing technique supported by the French Government

14 September 2022

In view of the “trilogue” negotiations that will start on September 15, 2022, in Brussels, between the three European institutions (…)

Over 250 scientists call on European institutions and Member States to ban destructive fishing practices and industrial activities in Marine Protected Areas

12 September 2022

PRESS RELEASE – Paris, Brussels – 12 September 2022   After a record summer of fires and heatwaves in the (…)

Civil society urges immediate action to protect fragile deep sea ecosystems

25 July 2022

Six years after the adoption of the EU deep-sea fishing Regulation that prohibited bottom trawling below 800 meters in EU (…)

Victory! The European Parliament just voted to ban demersal seining

12 July 2022

On the 12 of July 2022, BLOOM and the coastal fishers of Northern France closely won (12 votes against 11) (…)

European Parliament: a vote will oppose supporters of technological hyper-efficiency to defenders of traditional coastal fishing

09 July 2022

On the 12 of July, just before the summer break, a crucial vote will be held for the ocean and (…)

Demersal seines, the new ‘technological fishing’ of Dutch industrial fishers

07 July 2022

On 16 January 2018, MEPs from all political parties voted with a large majority to ban electric fishing in order (…)

Lisbon’s UN Ocean Conference victory

30 June 2022

During the UN Ocean Conference’s week (starting June 27th), hundreds of thousands of citizens mobilized alongside us on social networks (…)

BLOOM calls on the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to investigate the massive fraud of Dutch industrial fishing

27 June 2022

As the United Nations’ Ocean Conference opens today in Lisbon, BLOOM requests the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to open a (…)

BLOOM and Mediapart reveal massive European subsidies fraud by Dutch industrial fishers

26 June 2022

On 26 June 2022, BLOOM and Mediapart reveal the results of an exclusive investigation: 95% of Dutch vessels that received (…)

WTO fisheries subsidies deal: A historic first step for the ocean, a giant step for transparency

17 June 2022

Paris, 17 June 2022 After a marathon negotiation since Sunday, June 12, and two sleepless nights of tension and extensive (…)

BLOOM opposes a decree that reveals Emmanuel Macron’s environmental cynicism

08 June 2022

Paris, 8 June 2022 – World Ocean Day. Today, on World Ocean Day, BLOOM is taking legal action against a (…)

‘The decree that reveals Emmanuel Macron’s environmental swindle’

08 June 2022

Opinion piece by Claire Nouvian published in the newspaper Le Monde on June 7, 2022 On 8 June, the BLOOM (…)

French and English fishers unite to demand a moratorium on demersal seining

18 May 2022

Alongside French and English artisanal fishers, BLOOM was mobilised before the vote in the European parliament on an amendment to (…)

Marine Protected Areas : the environmental imposture of Emmanuel Macron revealed by a vote in the European Parliament

04 May 2022

On May 3rd, the European Parliament voted on an own-initiative report on the blue economy, the result of which is (…)

For truly protected marine protected areas

22 April 2022

While France is preparing to vote for the second round of the presidential election, another vote is being prepared in the European Parliament that will have a major influence on the European Union’s environmental ambition in terms of preserving carbon sinks and biodiversity.

The illegal electric fishing subsidies case : BLOOM requests the intervention of the Secretary-General of the European Commission

06 April 2022

Paris, 5 April 2022 The illegal use of public funds to finance the development of electric fishing over the period (…)

Request for investigation into suspected fraud in fish landings in the Netherlands

31 March 2022

BLOOM and six NGOs (ClientEarth, LIFE, Oceana, Our Fish, Environmental Justice Foundation and Defence of the Aquatic Environment) have asked (…)

One Ocean Summit : Op-ed by Claire Nouvian in Le Monde

09 February 2022

From the empty announcements to the avoidance of fundamental problems, the One Ocean Summit is a failure according the founder (…)

BLOOM calls for an immediate European moratorium on demersal seining

08 December 2021

BLOOM has written to the European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries asking him to take an urgent measure (…)

The European Commission is trying to quietly open the floodgates to industrial fishing in coastal areas

09 September 2021

BLOOM reveals that the European Commission has quietly amended the technical measures regulation during the summer break, allowing ‘Danish seine’ (…)

Analysis of COVID fisheries subsidies: the devastating favouritism of the French government

15 July 2021

A new BLOOM study, published in the scientific journal Marine Policy, highlights the massive and unequal allocation of COVID aid (…)

Electric fishing: Dutch government’s internal documents confirm years of organised fraud

01 July 2021

Since 2017, BLOOM has rung the alarm bell on the multiple frauds committed by the Netherlands with regards to electric (…)

Full ban on electric fishing: one cataclysm averted, but more on their way

30 June 2021

The full ban on electric fishing in Europe comes into effect on July 1st. It will help avoid the environmental (…)

Artisanal fishers and NGOs denounce the illegitimate Danish Seine Agreement in the English Channel

22 April 2021

After having exhausted marine ecosystems in the North Sea with its destructive fishing methods such as electric fishing, the Dutch (…)

Electric fishing: The European Court of Justice rejects the Dutch request.

15 April 2021

On Thursday 15 April, the European Court of Justice demonstrated its supremacy over the Dutch industrial lobbies that tried to (…)

DUTCH INTERFERENCE IN EUROPEAN FISHERIES

14 April 2021

As was the case with electric fishing, Dutch lobbies have adopted a fait accompli strategy to impose Danish seine (also (…)

Still Trading in Extinction: Hong Kong’s Insatiable Demand for Exotic Wildlife – Dead or Alive

31 March 2021

Hong Kong, 22nd March – Amidst a global biodiversity crisis, Hong Kong authorities seized a record breaking 649 metric tonnes (…)

Electric fishing: LIFE and 36 European fishers demand reimbursement of illegal subsidies

25 March 2021

The Netherlands is endeavouring to legalise electric fishing. The Dutch government has submitted its case to Court of Justice of (…)

Technical Measures Regulation: BLOOM responds to a public consultation

15 February 2021

In the light of a report on the implementation of the new regulation on “Technical Measures”,[1] the European Commission launched (…)

ELECTRIC FISHING: EUROPEAN COMMISSION EVADES PROSECUTION

02 February 2021

BLOOM had lodged two complaints[1] with the European Commission against the Netherlands for issuing illegal licences allowing electric fishing. In (…)

BLOOM team wish you a happy new year !

15 January 2021

NGOs urge the European Parliament to end secrecy in how fishing rules are enforced

14 January 2021

Brussels, 14 January 2021 – 72 civil society organisations from the EU and across the globe have called on Members (…)

European Fisheries Subsidies: the EMFAF 2021-2027 deal, a major step backwards

09 December 2020

A sixteen-year step back for the next decade: this is what the European institutions have just done in terms of (…)

The electric fishing scheme exposed… again

09 December 2020

Three years after a first legal analysis of the electric electric fishing case, a new article published by Michel Morin (…)

MSC words vs. MSC actions — The case of subsidies

26 November 2020

On 23 November, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) made a statement that left us speechless. In a press release issued (…)

Electric fishing broken record plays in a loop

19 November 2020

The ban on electric fishing was so fatal to the Dutch lobby, on the verge of collapsing,[1] that it works (…)

25,000 citizen complaints to demand compliance with electric fishing Regulation

23 October 2020

Over 25,000 citizen complaints have so far been sent to the European Commission to demand sanctions against the Netherlands. More (…)

Electric fishing: #ComplaintFiled, 3 days to act

14 October 2020

Our campaign to ban electric fishing has demonstrated the deep collusion between the Dutch fishing industry and the European Commission: (…)

Day of mourning for small-scale fishers — Celebration day for the industry

22 September 2020

On 25 September 2020, a historic mobilization for French fishers will take place: the symbolic funeral of the artisanal fishing (…)

Electric fishing: BLOOM’s new report uncovers the massive Dutch fraud

15 September 2020

In an explosive new report, BLOOM goes one step further in its revelations on the abysmal depth of the Dutch (…)

European fisheries subsidies: 20 years of progress about to be ruined?

09 September 2020

While negotiations on the future EMFF (European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, 2021–2027) are due to resume with a new Trilogue (…)

Germany and Dutch industrial lobbies: partners in crime

04 September 2020

While the European Commission has finally acknowledged — almost three years after our first complaint — that the Netherlands was (…)

Electric fishing: the European Commission agrees with us, but lets the Netherlands cheat

26 August 2020

After our referral to the European Ombudsman on 5 June 2020 and the opening of her enquiry on 14 July (…)

Call for independent investigation into deaths and human rights abuses

06 August 2020

On 5 August 2020, BLOOM, Blue Marine Foundation, SharkProject, and WWF issued a joint statement calling for a full and (…)

Contribution to MSC consultation on shark finning

29 July 2020

On 29 July, BLOOM contributed to a public consultation on shark finning, calling on the MSC to drastically improve its (…)

Electric fishing — New complaint from BLOOM and European Ombudsman’s inquiry into the European Commission’s failure to fulfil its obligations

20 July 2020

Far from being resolved, the electric fishing case continues to reflect the European Union’s serious dysfunctions. While the new Regulation (…)

Electric fishing: new referral to the European Ombudsman

07 June 2020

Given the Netherlands’ repeated violations of EU law regarding electric fishing and given the European Commission’s failure to respond to (…)

Electric fishing lobbies blowing hot air

05 June 2020

Bis repetita. As in 2018, electric fishing supporters are using the timely publication of a ‘Special Advice’ from the International (…)

Der Schwindel mit dem MSC-Siegel

14 May 2020

Die Wahrheit über das größte Fischerei-Logo aufgedeckt BLOOM und seine Co-Autoren von den Universitäten von New York (USA) und Dalhousie (…)

The MSC’s misleading response to BLOOM’s transparency

11 May 2020

Claiming to “provide clarifications” regarding the publication of BLOOM’s scientific study on the sham of the MSC label (Marine Stewardship (…)

The sham of the MSC label

05 May 2020

The biggest fishing label’s reality uncovered BLOOM and co-authors from the universities of New York (United States) and Dalhousie (Canada) (…)

Covid-19: Let’s preserve small-scale coastal fishers to safeguard our common good and our future.

08 April 2020

The global sanitary crisis we are facing is a brutal and necessary challenge to the way we treat people who, (…)

Electric fishing: ultimatum to the European Commission

20 March 2020

BLOOM calls on the European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius to eventually take strong measures against (…)

Position of the French government on harmful subsidies: Open letter to the Fisheries Minister

28 February 2020

European Fisheries Ministers are seriously jeopardising their international commitments in order to satisfy industrial fisheries lobbies rather than the public (…)

No TTIP through the backdoor!”: Civil society organisations warn against risky concessions in EU-US trade talks

20 February 2020

No TTIP through the backdoor!”: Civil society organisations warn against risky concessions in EU-US trade talks More than 100 civil (…)

A rescue plan for the next ten years

28 January 2020

BLOOM partners with 101 environmental organisations[1] and signs the Blue Manifesto published today, Tuesday 28 January 2020. This European plan (…)

Electric fishing : only 22 licences left for the Netherlands

09 January 2020

The year 2020 begins with some long awaited good news: following the entry into force of the new Technical Measures (…)

Which model for the fisheries sector?

20 December 2019

As every year, some of the largest fishing vessels in the world — sometimes over 140m in length — are (…)

NGOs call on the European Commission to stand firm on his commitment to eliminate harmful subsidies

20 November 2019

BLOOM, along with representatives from environmental NGOs BirdLife, ClientEarth, Seas At Risk and WWF, met on Tuesday 19 November with (…)

Le ONG invitano la Commissione europea a mantenere l’impegno per eliminare le sovvenzioni dannose

20 November 2019

Martedì 19 novembre, BLOOM e i rappresentanti delle ONG ambientaliste BirdLife, ClientEarth, Seas At Risk e WWF hanno incontrato Virginijus (…)

Las ONG instan a la Comisión Europea a mantenerse firme en su compromiso de eliminar las subvenciones perjudiciales

20 November 2019

BLOOM y los representantes de la coalición de ONG medioambientales BirdLife, ClientEarth, Seas At Risk y WWF se reunieron el (…)

European Parliament confirms its will to doom our ocean and fishers

12 November 2019

For its first major vote, the new European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries has decided to reopen the floodgates of overfishing (…)

Climate emergency: the third warning of scientists

07 November 2019

In 1992, 1,575 scientific eminences, including nearly 100 Nobels, signed a founding text together. Coordinated by Nobel Prize in Physics, (…)

LOS MINISTROS DE PESCA EUROPEOS ESCOGEN UN CAMINO QUE VA A CONDENAR EL FUTURO DE LOS PESCADORES Y DE LOS MARES

18 October 2019

Mientras que todas las partes de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) buscan actualmente un consenso sobre una prohibición multilateral (…)

MINISTRI EUROPEI DELLA PESCA IMBOCCANO UNA STRADA SENZA USCITA PER IL FUTURO DEI PESCATORI E DEL MARE

18 October 2019

Mentre tutte le parti dell’Organizzazione mondiale del commercio (OMC) sono attualmente alla ricerca di un accordo multilaterale per il divieto (…)

THE EUROPEAN FISHERIES MINISTERS ARE ON A PATH THAT WILL DOOM FISHERS AND OCEAN’S FUTURE

18 October 2019

While all parties to the World Trade Organization (WTO) are currently seeking to agree on a multilateral ban on harmful (…)

New study: electric fishing destroys the environment

17 October 2019

As the Netherlands just challenged the new EU regulation that prohibits electric fishing at the European Court of Justice, the (…)

The Netherlands lays itself open to ridicule

10 October 2019

“Ridiculous!” This is our reaction to the announcement of the Netherlands to bring an action before the Court of Justice (…)

European citizens: make your voices heard on harmful fisheries subsidies!

01 October 2019

Today, Tuesday 1 October 2019, the environmental organisations BirdLife Europe, BLOOM, ClientEarth and Seas At Risk launch an online platform (…)

Cittadini europei, fate sentire la vostra voce sulle sovvenzioni dannose alla pesca!

01 October 2019

  Oggi, martedì 1 ottobre 2019, le organizzazioni ambientaliste BirdLife Europe, BLOOM, ClientEarth e Seas At Risk lanciano una piattaforma (…)

¡Ciudadanos europeos, expresad ya vuestro rechazo a las subvenciones prejudiciales a la pesca!

01 October 2019

  Hoy, martes 1 de octubre de 2019, las organizaciones medioambientales BirdLife Europe, BLOOM, ClientEarth y Seas At Risk lanzan (…)

An exhaustive atlas of global tuna fisheries

24 September 2019

In a new study published in the international journal Fisheries Research and co-authored by BLOOM,1 a group of scientists has (…)

Electric fishing: new fraud and a new complaint against the Netherlands

19 September 2019

For the third time, BLOOM has filed a complaint to the European Commission against the Netherlands on 18 September 2019.[1] (…)

Fisheries subsidies: NGO reaction to the designation of the European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans

16 September 2019

The coalition of environmental NGOs working on European fisheries subsidies, of which BLOOM is a member, reacted publicly today, Monday (…)

Harmful subsidies: the European Commission warns new MEPs on catastrophic vote of former European Parliament

25 July 2019

On Tuesday 23rd of July the first work meeting of the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament was held. On (…)

Fisheries subsidies wreck ecosystems

03 July 2019

Following the dramatic position adopted by the Council of the EU on 18 June to reopen the most harmful fisheries (…)

THE EUROPEAN UNION MUST ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN BRAZIL !

20 June 2019

BLOOM is joining a group of 340 international organizations calling for the end of the European Union’s (EU) negotiations with (…)

Subvenciones a la pesca: cataclismo para el océano

19 June 2019

El Consejo de la Unión Europea ha adoptado el 18 de junio su orientación general sobre el próximo Fondo Europeo (…)

Sussidi alla pesca: un cataclisma per l’oceano

19 June 2019

Ieri, martedì 18 giugno 2019, il Consiglio Agripesca dell’Unione europea ha adottato il suo orientamento generale riguardo al prossimo Fondo (…)

Fishing subsidies: a cataclysm for the ocean

18 June 2019

Today, Tuesday 18th June 2019, the Council of the European Union adopted its General Approach on the next European Maritime (…)

El Gobierno Sánchez, a punto de dar un paso irreversible en la destrucción del océano

14 June 2019

El Gobierno Sánchez está a punto de asumir la responsabilidad sin precedentes que llevaría inevitablemente a la destrucción del océano. (…)

Futuro del mare, l’Italia al bivio

13 June 2019

A un passo da una decisione irreversibile   Nei prossimi giorni l’Italia corre il rischio di commettere un errore senza (…)

42 ELECTRICAL FISHING LICENSES EXPIRED

03 June 2019

The two years of fierce fighting and the constant pressure exerted by BLOOM are finally bearing fruit in fishing ports. (…)

BLOOM AND GILLNETTERS FILE A COMPLAINT FOR ILLEGAL ELECTRIC FISHING IN FRENCH WATERS

09 May 2019

‘Electric fishing’ continues to be a hot topic. On 9 May 2019, BLOOM and 45 professional fishers from Northern France (…)

2019 will be pivotal for the world’s ocean

03 May 2019

BLOOM and 58 other international NGOs call on WTO members to respect their engagement to conclude a binding agreement to (…)

Electric fishing definitely buried by European Parliament

16 April 2019

« All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as (…)

Il Parlamento europeo seppelisce la pesca elettrica

16 April 2019

Ogni verità passa attraverso tre fasi: all’inizio è ridicolizzata, poi è violentemente contrastata, infine la si accetta come evidente. (Arthur (…)

El Parlamento Europeo entierra la pesca eléctrica

16 April 2019

“Toda verdad desarrolla tres fases. Primero, se la ridiculiza. Después, suscita una fuerte oposición. Ya, por último, se considera que (…)

Subvenciones a la pesca: votación catastrófica en el Parlamento Europeo

04 April 2019

Hoy, jueves 4 de abril, el Parlamento Europeo ha votado sobre el próximo Fondo Europeo Marítimo y de Pesca (FEMP). (…)

Sovvenzioni alla pesca, voto catastrofico al Parlamento europeo

04 April 2019

Oggi, giovedì 4 aprile 2019, il Parlamento europeo ha votato il Fondo Europeo per gli Affari Marittimi e la Pesca (…)

Fisheries subsidies: catastrophic vote at the European Parliament

04 April 2019

Today, on Thursday 4 April 2019, the European Parliament voted on the 2021-2027 European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), which (…)

Our recommendations for a crucial vote on subsidies

03 April 2019

Before the vote scheduled on 4 April 2019 at the European Parliament on the 2021-2017 European Maritime and Fisheries Funds (…)

ELECTRIC FISHING: THE inexhaustible dishonesty of the NETHERLANDS

02 April 2019

The Dutch Minister for Fisheries, Carola Schouten, has taken the scandalous initiative of extending 42 illegal licenses for ‘electric fishing’ (…)

A BAN ON ELECTRIC FISHING IN OUR WATERS BEFORE 2021?

29 March 2019

The total ban on electric fishing in Europe will come into place on 1 July 2021. But the Trilogue agreement (…)

Europe must stop funding destructive fisheries

27 March 2019

A new study by BLOOM has just been published in the international and peer-reviewed scientific journal Marine Policy concerning the (…)

Voto desastroso para el océano en el Parlamento Europeo

08 March 2019

La Comisión de Pesca del Parlamento Europeo elige la destrucción del océano en lugar de su protección Cataclismo para el (…)

Voto disastroso per l’oceano al Parlamento europeo

08 March 2019

La Commissione Pesca del Parlamento europeo sceglie di distruggere il mare invece di proteggerlo Un cataclisma per l’oceano. Oggi, 24 (…)

Disastrous vote for the ocean in the European Parliament

07 March 2019

The European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee chooses the destruction of the ocean rather than its protection Cataclysm for the ocean.  Today, (…)

Seis mil millones de euros ¿para proteger o para destruir el oceano?

06 March 2019

El jueves 7 de marzo de 2019, los 27 miembros de la Comisión de Pesca del Parlamento Europeo tendrán que (…)

Sei miliardi, per proteggere l’oceano o per distruggerlo?

06 March 2019

Giovedì 7 marzo 2019 i ventisette membri della Commissione per la Pesca (PECH) del Parlamento europeo dovranno pronunciarsi su un (…)

Six billion euros to protect or to destroy the ocean?

06 March 2019

On Thursday 7 March 2019, the 27 members of the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament will have to rule (…)

Complaint against Italy for illegal fishing in Africa

19 February 2019

Jointly with the Coalition for Fair Fisheries Agreements (CFFA), the African Confederation of Small-Scale Professional Fishing Organisations (CAOPA), the Regional Partnership (…)

VICTORY: electric fishing will be banned in Europe in 2021

13 February 2019

This is a victory for BLOOM and our coalition of small-scale fishers and NGOs although it will occur too late (…)

VICTORIA: ¡La pesca eléctrica será prohibida en Europa en 2021!

13 February 2019

Esta es una inmensa victoria para BLOOM y para nuestra coalición de pescadores artesanales y ONGs pero que intervendrá demasiado (…)

VITTORIA: La pesca elettrica diventa illegale in Europa dal 2021! !

13 February 2019

Una grande vittoria per BLOOM e la nostra coalizione di pescatori artigianali e ONG, ma che interverrà troppo tardi, a (…)

Possible endgame for electric fishing

12 February 2019

The date for the next Trilogue meeting between the European Commission, the EU Council (Member States) and the European Parliament (…)

Dutch small-scale fishers call for a total ban on electric fishing

12 February 2019

BLOOM received a press release from C-LIFE, a small-scale fisher association which is member of our coalition. We decided to (…)

Council of the EU takes important step towards full ban on electric fishing

09 February 2019

The news has just been confirmed by several European decision-makers: on Friday 8 February, the Council of the EU took (…)

La Comisión Europea reconoce por fín la ilegalidad de la pesca electrica

04 February 2019

Gran victoria para BLOOM. Casi año y medio después de nuestra primera denuncia contra los Países Bajos el 2 de (…)

La Commissione europea riconosce l’illegalità della pesca elettrica

04 February 2019

Una prima, importante vittoria per BLOOM. Quasi un anno e mezzo dopo la prima denuncia – depositata il 2 ottobre (…)

European Commission acknowledges illegality of electric fishing

04 February 2019

This is the second major victory for BLOOM after the Parliament’s vote for a full ban on electric fishing in (…)

When the reality of moral corruption at the European Commission surpasses fiction

28 January 2019

In June and again in November 2018, BLOOM and 22 organizations asked the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), a service of (…)

Countdown per il divieto della pesca elettrica

21 January 2019

A un anno esatto dalla votazione del Parlamento europeo, il 16 gennaio 2018, i negoziati sulla pesca elettrica non hanno (…)

Recta final para conseguir la prohibición de la pesca eléctrica

21 January 2019

Un año después del voto del Parlamento europeo el 16 de enero del 2018, todavía no se ha alcanzado la (…)

The countdown is on to prohibit electric fishing

21 January 2019

Exactly one year after the European Parliament voted on 16 January 2018, negotiations on electric fishing have still not resulted (…)

UK parliamentary Committee requests shark finning data to MSC label

17 January 2019

UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has just published a hard-hitting report following its Sustainable Seas Inquiry, in which they request (…)

Joint letter on electric fishing

05 December 2018

32 NGOs and artisanal fishers’ organisations sent a joint letter to all European decision-makers (MEPs, Permanent Representations, European Commission) to (…)

Analysis of Rapporteur Gabriel Mato’s compromise proposal

05 December 2018

Spanish MEP Gabriel Mato is at it again. By proposing an unacceptable compromise — overly complexified by many provisions as (…)

The European Ombudsman reminds the Commission of its duties

26 November 2018

On 6 November 2018, BLOOM announced that it had turned to the European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, during a press conference (…)

The ENVI Committee excludes electric fishing from the list of activities liable to receive funding as of 2021

23 November 2018

On Tuesday 20th of November 2018, MEPs from the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted (…)

A dangerous compromise on electric fishing

13 November 2018

A technical meeting (staff level) will be held at the European Parliament on 14 November 2018 in order to discuss (…)

Illegal subsidies and maladministration by European institutions in the ‘electric fishing’ case: BLOOM turns to the European Ombudsman

06 November 2018

Paris, 6 November 2018 While European negotiations are moving towards an illegitimate reauthorization of electric fishing to the detriment of (…)

NEW MOBILIZATION FROM CHEFS AGAINST ELECTRIC FISHING

16 October 2018

The chefs of the “Relais & Châteaux” network, who, following chef Christophe Coutanceau’s manifesto, became widely mobilized[1] last January alongside (…)

Electric fishing: the worst was avoided

05 October 2018

Paris, 5 October 2018 The European “trilogue” negotiations on electric fishing nearly adopted an outrageous compromise on October 4 that (…)

Electric fishing: a dangerous compromise… rejected for now

05 October 2018

On 4 October, negotiations on the Technical Measures Regulation failed to adopt a shameful compromise, which would have allowed to (…)

BLOOM’s information requests on electric fishing

05 October 2018

On this page, we explain how we compiled the list of Dutch beam trawlers equipped with electrodes. There is no (…)

Scandalous denial of democracy in the European negotiations on electric fishing

04 October 2018

This morning, negotiations on the Technical Measures Regulation, which will decide the fate of electric fishing in Europe, resumed after (…)

Electric trawlers in a marine reserve: the last straw

02 October 2018

A new analysis by BLOOM, using satellite data from the “Global Fishing Watch” platform, reveals the presence of numerous Dutch (…)

Electric fishing: former jurist at the European Commission confirms scandals revealed by BLOOM

24 September 2018

Thunderclap in Brussels: while upcoming European negotiations, suspended for the summer, threaten to legalise fishing with electricity, a former jurist (…)

BLOOM on giant screens on the Champ de Mars for July 14

14 July 2018

It’s a triple event! 1) Paris City Hall has decided to put ecology in the spotlight for the Grand Concert (…)

Dramatic trends and a serious error in the new FAO reports on global fisheries

12 July 2018

During the thirty-third session of its Committee on Fisheries, held from 9-13 July 2018 in Rome, the Food and Agriculture (…)

A COMIC TO CALL FOR A DEFINITIVE BAN ON ELECTRIC FISHING IN EUROPE

11 July 2018

French humourist Capucine Dupuy and cartoonist Terreur Graphique denounce with force the scandal of electric fishing in a comic and (…)

Letter to the new Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union

11 July 2018

Our coalition of 26 small-scale and coastal fishers and environmental organisations have joined forces to campaign for a full ban (…)

BLOOM requests access to Trilogue documents

03 July 2018

Since March 2018, several ‘Trilogue’ meetings on the Technical Measures Regulation have taken place in complete institutional opacity (see ‘To (…)

European negotiations on electric fishing suspended!

26 June 2018

As of 21 June 2018, it became known (but not yet official) that EU negotiations on the Technical Measures Regulation, (…)

IFREMER criticizes scientific advice on Electric Fishing

21 June 2018

IFREMER, the French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, published on 20 June 2018 an analysis of the scientific (…)

Electric fishing: a perfect case of moral corruption

18 June 2018

BLOOM started fighting electric fishing because this destructive fishing technique jeopardizes marine life and destroys the most environmentally-friendly fishing jobs (…)

Images of the European mobilization against electric fishing

18 June 2018

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Unprecedented EU-wide mobilization of fishers against electric fishing

18 June 2018

#FishersResist Today, small-scale and traditional fishers across the EU are mobilizing in ports in a simultaneous action of resistance to (…)

Ongekende EU-brede mobilisatie van vissers tegen elektrische visserij

18 June 2018

#FishersResist Vandaag mobiliseren kleinschalige en traditionele vissers van verschillende landen zich in havens voor een gelijktijdige actie van verzet; een (…)

BLOOM obtains details on the ICES scientific advice process

17 June 2018

On 30 May 2018, the international scientific body ‘ICES’ (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) responded publicly to the (…)

Fishers and environmental organisations call on the European anti-fraud office to open a formal investigation about electric fishing

13 June 2018

Today, 23 environmental NGOs and organisations representing fishers from France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK filed a formal request (…)

Wetenschappelijk offensief om elektrisch vissen te redden

04 June 2018

Verdedigers van elektrische visserij stellen wetenschappelijk schijnverslag op in wanhopige poging om ​​volledig verbod te voorkomen Parijs, 4 juni 2018 (…)

Los defensores de la pesca eléctrica movilizan a unos aliados científicos en un intento desesperado de evitar la prohibición total

04 June 2018

Paris, 4 de Junio 2018 Durante un mes, la ciencia ha sido utilizada por los políticos holandeses y la industria (…)

Scientific offensive to save electric fishing

04 June 2018

Electric fishing defenders line up scientific ducks in desperate attempt to avoid full ban Science has decidedly played a central (…)

BLOOM requests details on ICES advisory process

04 June 2018

BLOOM currently runs a campaign with other NGOs and artisanal fishermen to prohibit electric fishing in Europe. We undertake a (…)

In-depth analysis of ICES’ advice on electric fishing

04 June 2018

The Netherlands have requested a special advice from ICES to “compare the ecological and environmental effects of using traditional beam (…)

ICES Scientists on political mission to save electric fishing

04 June 2018

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING… Pressed by Dutch politicians, scientists from ICES produced partial advice to try to avoid EU-wide prohibition (…)

Electric fishing: outrageous cherry-picking from Belgian science

31 May 2018

Dutch newspaper ‘Telegraaph’ daringly concluded in early May that electric ‘pulse’ fishing did “not cause any demonstrable damage to fish (…)

Electric fishing: the IFREMER withholds a confidential report

29 May 2018

On 29 May 2018, BLOOM officially asked the French Research Institute for the Exploration of the Sea (IFREMER) access to (…)

Electric fishing: will artisanal fishers be betrayed?

02 May 2018

While the European trilogue that must decide the fate of electric fishing in Europe has not yet settled on the (…)

Claire’s speech at the Goldman Environmental Prize’s ceremony

30 April 2018

The 2018 ceremony in San Francisco took place on Monday, April 23. You can watch Claire’s address online here: Read (…)

Claire Nouvian winner of the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize

23 April 2018

San Francisco, 23 April 2018 BLOOM is proud to announce that its Founder and Board Chair, Claire Nouvian, will be (…)

The US has banned bottom trawling along most of its west coast

19 April 2018

BLOOM praises the decision of the Pacific Fishery Management Council to protect sensitive marine ecosystems in the US: on 9 (…)

Electric fishing: BLOOM files a second complaint against The Netherlands

16 April 2018

Today, BLOOM has filed a second complaint against the Netherlands, because this EU Member State does not respect the EU (…)

New study reveals massive under-reporting of deep-sea fish catch

11 April 2018

A new study published today in Frontiers in Marine Science used the data gathered by the Sea Around Us project (…)

The Netherlands can only blame themselves for the ban on electric fishing

03 April 2018

On Tuesday 27 March 2018, Dutch investigative journalist Thomas Spekschoor published a report at NOS (Netherlands Broadcasting Foundation) on the (…)

Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations back on track at the WTO

29 March 2018

Back on track! Just as the WTO nominates new Chair to steer Fisheries Subsidies negotiations towards success at MC12, the (…)

Press Release: Fisheries subsidies negotiations back on track at the WTO

29 March 2018

World Trade Organization appoints new chair to achieve multilateral agreement on harmful fisheries subsidies by 2019 Press Release Paris, 29 (…)

PRESIDENT MACRON PUBLICLY SUPPORTS THE BAN ON ELECTRIC FISHING IN EUROPE

23 March 2018

On Wednesday March 21st, 2018, Emmanuel Macron visited The Hague in the Netherlands in order to meet the Netherland’s Prime (…)

THE FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY UNANIMOUSLY VOTES IN FAVOR OF THE PROHIBITION OF ELECTRIC FISHING IN EUROPE

07 March 2018

A SCORE THAT IS LOUD AND CLEAR: 162 FOR, 0 AGAINST. A NEW VICTORY FOR BLOOM’S CAMPAIGN On March 6th (…)

Analysis of the Parliament’s vote on electric fishing

19 January 2018

Plenary vote of the European Parliament on 16 January 2018 resulted in a clear victory for the campaign let by (…)

Victory! The European Parliament voted in favour of a full ban on electric fishing

16 January 2018

The European Parliament adopted this morning with a very large majority (402 to 232) a full and definitive ban on (…)

Fooled by fuel! Debunking the electric fishing lobby’s main argument

16 January 2018

The number one argument of the Dutch lobby to promote electric fishing has been the reduction in fuel consumption, and (…)

Rebuttal to the Dutch electric trawling lobbies

14 January 2018

As BLOOM’s campaign against electric fishing grows stronger, and as more and more voices rise up against this destructive fishing (…)

The European Parliament under high tension

14 January 2018

PRESS RELEASE, Brussels/Strasbourg After the suspension of parliamentary activity during the Christmas period, the controversy over electric fishing has ensured (…)

Top European chefs take electric pulse fishing off the menu

10 January 2018

Chef Christopher Coutanceau – Maison Coutanceau** in La Rochelle, inspired by his love of fine products and by his membership (…)

Electric fishing: new revelations on a European scandal

08 January 2018

As the European Parliament prepares to vote on whether to restore the 1998 ban on electric fishing or to authorise (…)

India Sabotages Twenty Years of WTO Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations

13 December 2017

Final version after WTO official statement – Buenos Aires, 13 December 2017 BLOOM and the Varda Group, which have been (…)

WTO MC11 in Buenos Aires: No political tango, please

09 December 2017

Upon landing in Buenos Aires on Dec. 6th 2017, the Low Hanging Fish campaign team was relieved to receive confirmation (…)

Will the WTO succeed to bring world fisheries to sustainability?

05 December 2017

Trade Ministers will have the final word on a fisheries subsidies agreement at the Buenos Aires WTO Ministerial Conference next (…)

THE LOW HANGING FISH CAMPAIGN AT WTO MC-11, BUENOS AIRES

05 December 2017

The Low Hanging Fish campaign team will be on site in Buenos Aires to monitor progress and comment on developments, (…)

After the Blue Cop

26 November 2017

This year’s two weeks of climate talks, COP23, the Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (…)

FISHERIES SUBSIDIES, FROM GENEVA TO BUENOS AIRES

26 November 2017

Since the Sustainable Development Goals were adopted by the UN General Assembly in September 2015, including Target 14.6: elimination of (…)

The European Parliament opens the door to the expansion of electric fishing

22 November 2017

Yesterday, the European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee voted for a possible massive expansion of electric pulse fishing in Europe but a (…)

UNSG’s Special Envoy for the Ocean coming to MC11 in Buenos Aires

17 November 2017

At a side event organized by the International Oceanographic Commission on 2nd November in the margins of UNESCO’s General Conference (…)

Towards a WTO Fisheries Agreement that is environmentally and socially sustainable?

23 October 2017

Seven weeks to go before the WTO’s Ministerial conference (MC11) starts in Buenos Aires. Expectation for a fisheries subsidies agreement (…)

Prince of Wales delivers strong statement on harmful subsidies

05 October 2017

On October 5, 2017, during the opening session of “Our Ocean” Conference in Malta, His Royal Highness the Prince of (…)

Session on fisheries subsidies at the WTO Public Forum

04 October 2017

During the WTO Public Forum held at the WTO Headquarters in Geneva (26-28 Sept. 2017), BLOOM and The Varda Group (…)

Transparency: cornerstone of optimal management of fisheries resources

04 October 2017

Being able to understand, characterize and monitor subsidies granted by States will enable them to radically improve the long-term management (…)

Pesca eléctrica : la asociación BLOOM presenta una denuncia contra los Países Bajos

04 October 2017

El 2 de octubre, BLOOM presentó formalmente una denuncia contra los Países Bajos a través de la Comisión Europea por (…)

BLOOM contributes to the MSC consultation on ‘Units of Assessment’

02 October 2017

Following the launch of the On The Hook campaign, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has failed to provide any satisfactory (…)

Pulse fishing: BLOOM files a complaint against The Netherlands

02 October 2017

Today, BLOOM formally filed a complaint against The Netherlands through the European Commission complaint form for having illegally granted derogations (…)

Eliminating harmful fisheries subsidies: a Low Hanging Fish on the WTO agenda

27 September 2017

SDG 14 revived the subsidies discussions at the WTO The Ocean Sustainable Development Goal #14.6 explicitly calls on the World (…)

Dutch advertising standards authority confirms Princes are “misleading consumers”

22 September 2017

Press release by On The Hook September 22 2017 Today the Dutch Advertising Code Committee has found that Princes is “misleading (…)

Steaming towards a successful WTO fisheries subsidies agreement

15 September 2017

The World Trade Organization meets every two years to adopt trade rules. The next Ministerial Conference of the WTO (“MC11”) (…)

Is the MSC turning its back on seabird conservation?

04 September 2017

Completely missing the point of the On The Hook campaign, the MSC keeps using the chain of custody argument to (…)

MSC caught up in a turmoil…again!

02 September 2017

Many actors, including BLOOM, have launched the On The Hook campaign, which aims to prevent yet another downward slide by (…)

BLOOM fights pulse fishing at the European Parliament

21 June 2017

Thanks to efficient lobbying by the Netherlands, a conference was held in the European Parliament on  21 June 2017 on the issue (…)

UN ADOPTS CALL TO END HARMFUL FISHERIES SUBSIDIES

09 June 2017

Press Release New York 9 June, 2017 The UN adopts a clear call for action to eliminate harmul fisheries subsidies (…)

39 NGOs worldwide call to halt deep-sea mining

09 June 2017

9 June 2017, New York, US Today, at the Ocean Conference of the United Nations, Seas At Risk, supported by its 34 (…)

Taxpayers’money should go to ocean protection – not destruction

01 June 2017

#OceanAction21922 BLOOM commits to helping governments categorize and analyze their fisheries subsidies data   THE UN OCEAN CONFERENCE, NEW YORK, (…)

Deep-sea mining has no place in a future shaped by the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development

01 June 2017

BLOOM supports Seas at Risk’s statement for the Ocean Conference at the United Nations, New-York, 5–9 June 2017. Our ask (…)

French Environment Minister calls for a true European ban on pulse fishing

02 March 2017

Paris, 2 March 2017 BLOOM welcomes the position of the French Minister of the Environment, Energy and the Sea, Mrs (…)

The ban on deep-sea bottom trawling enters into force today

12 January 2017

London, January 12, 2017 The new deep-sea fishing regulation which incepts the ban on deep-sea bottom trawling beyond 800 meters (…)

Claire Nouvian: Ocean Award winner for deep-sea fight

12 January 2017

In London on January 11th 2017, BOAT Magazine and the Blue Marine Foundation organized the second annual edition of The Ocean (…)

Most fish destined for fishmeal production are food-grade fish

09 January 2017

By Tim Cashion, Frédéric Le Manach, Dirk Zeller & Daniel Pauly Published in Fish & Fisheries in January 2017. Read (…)

Pulse fishing

14 December 2016

Electric pulse fishing is a technique that consists in sending electroshocks in the sediment to capture flatfish species living in (…)

The MSC label torpedoes its credibility over orange roughy fishery

08 December 2016

MSC label certifies the New Zealand orange roughy fishery The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), which certifies more than 10% of (…)

Open governement in France: an empty promise ?

06 December 2016

As France is about to host the Open Government Partnership Global Summit, a number of Civil Society Organizations point out (…)

Fisheries Council’s reduction in deep-sea fishing quotas will not avoid overfishing

15 November 2016

BLOOM, the DSCC and Seas at Risk are disappointed by the decisions on fishing limits for deep-sea fish stocks taken (…)

The allowable catch of endangered deep-sea species must be zero, say conservationists

10 November 2016

  Brussels 10th November 2016: Marine conservation experts call on the European Council of Fisheries Ministers to prohibit fishing for (…)

NGOs call on the European Commission to use extreme caution when setting quotas for deep-sea species

13 October 2016

BLOOM, the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, Seas at Risk and WWF have sent a joint letter to the European Commission (…)

A new Europe for people, planet and prosperity for all

16 September 2016

Common statement signed by BLOOM Association and 177 European and national Civil Society Organisations and Trade Unions, ahead of the (…)

Europe bans deep-sea bottom trawling, at long, long last!

30 June 2016

Brussels, June 30th 2016 After four years of legislative procedures, endless upstream lobbying by the fishing industry to try to (…)

Intermarché group announces phasing out all deep-sea bottom trawling and sales of deep-sea fish by 2025.

30 March 2016

Hats off! The giant retail group “Les Mousquetaires” (owner of Intermarché, Netto, Bricomarché brands etc.) announced earlier today[1] that its (…)

Alarming disinformation at the heart of French institutions

11 March 2016

Paris, March 11, 2016 During the French parliamentary debate on the “Blue Economy” bill at the National Assembly on 2 (…)

French Minister Ségolène Royal Delivers vibrant Speech in favor of the ban of deep-sea bottom trawling

15 February 2016

As the European Parliament, Council and Commission are going through a lengthy Trilogue negotiation, in France senators tried to take a step (…)

El Telefoniño HOTLINE OCEAN CLIMAT 24h/24

28 November 2015

24/24 speedy scientific information and fact-checking to understand everything about the role of the ocean in the regulation of the (…)

EUROPE A STEP CLOSER TO PROTECTING DEEP SEA FROM BOTTOM TRAWLING

10 November 2015

    European Parliament must now conclude negotiations with Council and Commission BRUSSELS, 10 November 2015: The Deep Sea Conservation (…)

International ocean governance – What the fish?

28 October 2015

A public consultation on the “international ocean governance” was initiated by the European Commission. It was closed on October 15, (…)

predicted distribution of three deep-sea habitats in part of the northeast Atlantic

26 October 2015

This map illustrates the predicted distribution of three deep-sea (found at depths of 200m or more) habitats in part of (…)

CLAIRE NOUVIAN RECEIVES MONDADORI PRIZE FOR WOMEN INVOLVED

19 October 2015

In partnership with Yves Rocher, the Mondadori Group supports and awards women who, on a day-to-day basis, endeavour to achieve (…)

The cod was too good

09 October 2015

“The cod was too good”: this is how the exciting new multimedia gallery “In the cracks” begins, available for viewing (…)

A European eco-label for aquaculture and fisheries products?

14 August 2015

The consultation on an EU eco-label for aquaculture and fishery products ended on July 31, 2015, after being available three (…)

Selling off the sea: how our fish lost their freedom to market forces

07 August 2015

“Over the last two decades, there has been a silent, neoliberal revolution in our oceans.” In an article published on (…)

ENLARGEMENT OF THE SUEZ CANAL: THE NUMBER OF SHIPS IS INCREASING, THE NUMBER OF INVASIVE SPECIES TOO

05 August 2015

The inauguration of the new Suez Canal will take place tomorrow, on the 6th of August 2015. With almost 190 (…)

Balanced harvesting: a false good idea for fisheries management

28 July 2015

If you suggest to industrial fisheries a way to resolve overfishing without having to change their practices, you will likely (…)

Deep-sea fish caught by French trawlers off Scotland listed as « endangered » by the IUCN

17 June 2015

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has published the first comprehensive assessment of the state of health (…)

The exhibition “The Deep” in Singapore

15 June 2015

The exhibition-event, The Deep, was inaugurated in Singapore on the 5th of June, in the presence of Claire Nouvian, curator (…)

Fishy agreements

10 June 2015

DEVELOPMENT AID OR RESOURCE LOOTING: TWO CONTRASTING VIEWS ON FISHERIES AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE EU AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Europêche, a group (…)

BLOOM HONG KONG : Sympathy for the Misunderstood Shark

20 April 2015

Over 80% of Hong Kong Respondents Cite Environmental Concerns for Consuming Less Shark Fin Sociological research shows rising support for (…)

April’s fool ! At long last, France finally supports an EU-wide ban on deep-sea bottom trawling

01 April 2015

The European Council of Ministers met this morning in an extraordinary session to deliberate on the thorny deep-sea fishing file. (…)

AN EVENING FOR THE DEEP OCEAN WITH ISSEY MIYAKE MEN

23 January 2015

ISSEY MIYAKE MEN AND BLOOM RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE FRAGILE BEAUTY OF THE DEEP OCEAN Amazed by the extraordinary world (…)

Reforming EU deep-sea fishing regulation: A Net Win for the UK

21 January 2015

  Wednesday, 21 January: Today MPs from across party divides have joined with leading UK marine scientists and NGOs to (…)

Intermarché’s betrayal on deep-sea fishing

19 January 2015

  A year ago, after having bitterly fought and sabotaged the European Parliament’s vote on the ban of deep-sea bottom (…)

Fish mislabelling in France: substitution rates and retail types

06 January 2015

By Julien Bénard-Capelle, Victoire Guillonneau, Claire Nouvian, Nicolas Fournier, Karine Le Loët & Agnès Dettai​. Published in PeerJ in January (…)

Ban deep-sea bottom trawling? It is still possible!

19 November 2014

  Today, a gathering orchestrated by BLOOM in collaboration with several NGOs including an international coalition of over 70 organizations (…)

The Herald Scotland — Our oceans stare into the abyss if we don’t back ban on trawling

09 November 2014

War of words as industry hits back after calls for an end to foreign fishing nets in Scottish waters Special (…)

French Ecology Minister tweets against deep-sea bottom trawling

24 October 2014

One one hand, France is still blocking the European legislation because of its fierce opposition to the ban on deep-sea (…)

European Fisheries Ministers must not repeat past mistakes for deep-sea fish quotas

03 October 2014

The European Commission has just released its proposal on fishing opportunities for deep-sea fish stocks in 2015-2016. Fishing for deep-sea (…)

BLOOM’s position on deep-sea quotas for 2015/2016

02 October 2014

In November 2012, the Council of Fisheries Ministers had decided of a drastic increase of quotas for French fleets involved (…)

LUSH staff across Europe wear body paint to tell the story of deep-sea destruction

08 September 2014

Non-profit organization BLOOM and LUSH Cosmetics campaign for a historic EU ban on deep-sea bottom trawling From 8th – 14th (…)

Defending the indefensible: how politicians and their lobbyists are doing it

28 July 2014

The French trawling lobby, BLUE FISH, teamed with the lobbying firm G Plus Europe, a subsidiary of Omnicom Group, to (…)

Stunning Artworks of European Street-Artists against deep-sea bottom trawling

18 July 2014

DELWOOD BIARRITZ  – Beach ©BLOOM/DELWOOD © Romain Quesada/Biarritz POPAY Brussels – EU Council BLOOM/POPAY © Gautier Houba/Bruxelles PANIK LONDON – (…)

The publication of previously unreleased data reveals that the French government has hidden the truth about its deep-sea fishing activity

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 (…)

Let’s show our governments across Europe that we care about the deep ocean and want them to hear us and to ban deep-sea bottom trawling!

14 July 2014

Below the list of tweet handles according to where you are in Europe: The UK supports France in its determination (…)

EUROPEAN STREET-ART STANDS UP AGAINST DEEP-SEA BOTTOM TRAWLING

14 July 2014

TODAY, FAMOUS STREET ARTISTS ARE PRODUCING SPECTACULAR PIECES of ART IN SEVERAL EUROPEAN CAPITALS TO CALL FOR THE BAN OF (…)

INTERNATIONAL MOBILIZATION AGAINST DEEP-SEA BOTTOM TRAWLING ON JULY 14TH

07 July 2014

On July 14th, European Fisheries Ministers will be meeting at the Council in Brussels. A reform of the EU deep-sea (…)

ISSEY MIYAKE and BLOOM Association raise awareness in the fashion world to the fragile beauty of the deep oceans

27 June 2014

Amazed by the extraordinary world he found in the book ABYSSES by Claire Nouvian, designer Yusuke Takahashi used the fantastic (…)

The call of 18 June to Ecology Minister Ségolène Royal

18 June 2014

Claire Nouvian asks the UK government to take a stand for the deep sea

12 June 2014

  Today, on Richard Branson’s ocean portal, Claire Nouvian writes a piece on her discovery of the deep sea and (…)

Deep-sea bottom trawling: up to 1,719 times more destructive than longlining according to a new scientific study

15 May 2014

  A new study published in the scientific journal Nature this week shows the reduced impact of longlining, lines with (…)

“Miss Bio Contest 2014” vote for Claire Nouvian and help BLOOM raise funds !

14 May 2014

    Claire Nouvian is selected among 10 finalists of “Miss Bio Contest 2014” organized by the website FémininBio with (…)

Final report on the struggles and successes of the campaign at the European Parliament

24 April 2014

July 2012 The European Commission proposes the phase out of deep-sea bottom trawling. BLOOM would dedicate the year 2013 to (…)

More than 20,000 outraged French citizens email François Hollande

25 March 2014

    Paris, 25 March 2014   Since March 20th, close to 21,000 indignant French citizens have sent the President (…)

NGOs welcome commitment by Intermarché’s fleet

31 January 2014

31 January 2014   Following the controversial outcome of the 10th December European Parliament vote on the phase out of (…)

Voting corrections show majority in European Parliament support ending destructive deep-sea bottom trawling

18 December 2013

  On 10 December 2013, the European Parliament voted on a proposal to regulate EU Deep Sea fisheries in the North (…)

An inconvenient truth

09 December 2013

  By Prof. Les Watling, Prof. Callum Roberts and Prof. J. Murray Roberts   Fishing industry lobbyists recently circulated a (…)

CASINO SUPERMARKET LISTENS TO THE FRENCH, THEIR PRESIDENT DOESN’T

03 December 2013

71% of French people want FRANÇOIS HOLLANDE to support the ban on deep-sea trawling. French supermarket, Casino, WITHDRAWS deep-sea species (…)

UK Petition to stop French deep-sea trawlers destroying UK natural marine heritage

28 November 2013

  A UK petition has been posted that calls on the British government to take a strong position against French (…)

Ifremer withdraws its scientific support to the deep-sea fishing lobbies

28 November 2013

With just 15 days to go until the European Parliament votes in plenary on the deep-sea trawling ban, the industrial (…)

Deep-sea fishing : No threat to employment, an opportunity even

22 November 2013

  A press release by BLOOM and OCEANA   Short of arguments, the industrial conglomerates involved in deep-sea fishing, lead (…)

The “truth” of Intermarché on deep-sea fishing … And that of Monsanto on GMOs too?

21 November 2013

  BLOOM, Greenpeace and Oceana press release While the exceptional mobilization of French citizens against destructive deep-sea fishing, including that (…)

IF EUROPE ADOPTS THE PHASE OUT OF DEEP-SEA BOTTOM TRAWLING, WILL JOBS BE LOST?

21 November 2013

A publication of BLOOM and Oceana   NO. On the contrary, if fleets agree to convert to long-lining, like the (…)

The New Economics Foundation releases a report on deep-sea fishing

20 November 2013

  The New Economics Foundation (NEF) published on November 19th, 2013 a report on deep- sea fishing entitled Deep Trouble. (…)

Cartoonist Pénélope Bagieu writes a comic to denounce the scandal of deep-sea bottom trawling

18 November 2013

  The fate of the deep ocean is finally VIRAL ! Thanks to the very talented and generous cartoonist Pénélope (…)

Raising awareness in Strasbourg

18 November 2013

With the intention of raising awareness among MEPs and deputy assistants on deep-sea fishing, BLOOM was in Strasbourg for the day and distributed postcards representing the economic (…)

The future of the deep ocean will be decided in Plenary by the European Parliament

04 November 2013

  After months of dark political tactics to try to jeopardize the deep-sea fishing regulation, the Members of the European (…)

Today on behalf of 500 million Europeans, 25 MEPs will vote what the future of the deep oceans will be

04 November 2013

This afternoon, the 25 members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries will vote on behalf of more than 500 (…)

Richard Branson : Deep-sea fishing regulations and a crucial European vote

02 November 2013

The future of the deep ocean and its ecosystem depends on the EU leading the way on sustainable fishing and (…)

They say “NO” to the destruction of the Deep Ocean

24 October 2013

  Paris, 24 October 2013   Actors Edward Norton and Jean-Pierre Darroussin, business man Richard Branson, buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, (…)

Deep-sea regulation stuck in Parliament

17 October 2013

  The Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament announced this morning that the vote on the deep-sea fishing regulation will (…)

Wave of change to protect deep ocean? First vote imminent at the European Parliament

09 October 2013

  After 15 months of multiple hearings and delays, the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament has scheduled a vote (…)

Richard Branson, Deep-Sea ambassador for BLOOM

04 October 2013

While in Paris , Richard Branson confirmed with Claire Nouvian during a private meeting his commitment alongside BLOOM and the (…)

Outcome of the French Environmental Conference

27 September 2013

  DEEP-SEA FISHING AND SUBSIDIES ON THE AGENDA The French Fisheries Minister Frédéric Cuvillier had tried as hard as possible to (…)

IFREMER: the official alibi of deep-sea fishing industrial lobbies

27 September 2013

    With an infamous political position paper, scientifically unfounded, the Ifremer has become the official alibi of lobbies and (…)

WORLDWIDE PREMIERE IMAGES OF A MYTHICAL MARINE CREATURE NEVER BEFORE FILMED THIS WAY

24 September 2013

MEET THE GIANT OARFISH, KING OF HERRINGS In 2013, we have a better knowledge of the moon surface than of (…)

International mobilization for the deep ocean

16 September 2013

Politicians, scientists, fishermen and NGOs from around the world are mobilizing today to let the media and policy makers know (…)

Declaration of support: Protect the deep sea from destructive fishing

08 September 2013

We, the undersigned, represent the concerned public and include artisanal fishers, development and environmental organisations, and other stakeholders. We share a (…)

France stifles evidence of its fishing sector’s economic disaster and tries to impose it on the EU

08 July 2013

On 4 July 2013, the French magazine Le Nouvel Observateur revealed a confidential report of the Court of Auditors on (…)

REVELATIONS FROM THE SECRET AND RUTHLESS REPORT OF THE FRENCH COURT OF AUDITORS ON STATE AID TO FISHERIES

04 July 2013

The magazine Le Nouvel Observateur reveals today a crucial and explosive report by the Court of Auditors on State aid (…)

BLOOM publishes a call to François Hollande in newspaper “Le Monde” to put an end to deep-sea bottom trawling

08 June 2013

Signed by French political figures from all political parties (Robert Badinter, Michel Rocard, Hubert Védrine, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Anne Hidalgo, Jean-Louis (…)

2013 French Supermarket Ranking

05 June 2013

  Read our study and French supermarket ranking here (in French) Media Impact 05 juin 2013 | Agrisalon.com Casino, l’enseigne (…)

Reforming EU deep-sea fisheries management

01 June 2013

Read the DSCC report on the European Commission’s proposal of a deep-sea fishing regulation

A review of formal objections to Marine Stewardship Council fisheries certifications

11 April 2013

By Claire Christian, David Ainley, Megan Bailey, Paul Dayton, John Hocevar, Michael LeVine, Jordan Nikoloyuk, Claire Nouvian, Enriqueta Velarde, Rodolfo (…)

Spi Ouest France Intermarché Regatta: a greenwashing operation for the destructive fisheries of Intermarché Group

28 March 2013

On March 29 in La Trinité-sur-Mer the regatta “Spi Ouest France Intermarché” begins and Intermarché, the French leader in industrial (…)

Why should you care and mobilize for the Deep Sea ?

28 March 2013

Watch Claire Nouvian’s TEDx conference below. You can turn on English subtitles on the right bottom corner.     Here (…)

Industry attempts to sink deep-sea fishing regulation at the European Parliament

22 March 2013

While The EU Parliament Environment Committee, overwhelmingly voted in favour of total reform of the deep-sea fishing Regulation yesterday (58 for, (…)

An ambitious vote in the European Parliament’s Environment Commission on deep-sea fishing regulations

20 March 2013

The members of the biggest commission in the European Parliament, the Environment Commission, voted overwhelmingly (58 to 1) for a (…)

Employment: the last joker of the French deep-sea fishing industry

19 March 2013

BLOOM Association published today a new estimate of jobs generated by the deep-sea sector in France, a very small sector since (…)

Hearing on deep-sea fishing in the European Parliament

19 February 2013

BLOOM made a presentation about the state of French deep-sea fisheries through an analysis of the audited accounts of the (…)

How France intends to dictate EU-wide regulation to save a single, unprofitable but heavily subsidized deep-sea fleet

14 February 2013

Since 2009, despite legal obligations, the fishing fleet of French supermarket chain Intermarché has failed to publish its accounts. Intermarché’s (…)

The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition

27 December 2012

2011-2012 overview  

“Poulpe fiction”: a student competition

05 December 2012

For the past three years, Bloom has collaborated with the non-profit organizations Synlab and Les Atomes Crochus (specialized in the popularization (…)

The double dealing of an impartial scientist

29 November 2012

  Exactly 90 days after being appointed for a three year-term in the most influential scientific body advising the European (…)

DEEP SPECIES QUOTAS: THE ROT HAS SET IN

29 November 2012

  The French Minister of Fisheries, Mr Frédéric Cuvillier, already welcomes the “positive results” concerning deep-sea species quotas: an increase (…)

BLOOM reveals Intermarche’s poisonous strategy and their collusion with an IFREMER researcher to ensure favorable scientific backing

28 November 2012

A researcher for the French Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER), appointed for a three year term at (…)

WHY DID QUOTAS FOR CERTAIN DEEP-SEA SPECIES DRAMATICALLY INCREASE IN NOVEMBER 2012?

01 November 2012

  The increase in quotas for deep-sea species caught by French vessels (+70% for black scabbardfish and roundnose grenadier) which (…)

Deep trouble for deep-water species

02 October 2012

A new study reveals severe mismanagement of European deep-water stocks, according to this week’s online version of the journal Ocean & (…)

Publication of a study showing the disasterous management of deep sea fisheries

01 October 2012

Sebastian Villasante and his co-authors analysed the scientific recommendations as well as the total allowable catches (TAC’s) for deep sea (…)

Sustainability of deep-sea fish species under the European Union Common Fisheries Policy

29 September 2012

By Sebastian Villasantea, Telmo Morato, David Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Manel Antelo, Henrik Österblom, Les Watling, Claire Nouvian, Matthew Gianni & Gonzalo Macho. (…)

Release of the proposal for a regulation on “Deep Sea Fisheries”

19 July 2012

The European Commission is announcing the adoption of a proposal for a regulation, defining the rules concerning fisheries management conducted (…)

Victory against Intermarché

21 June 2012

  BLOOM wins a battle against French retail giant Intermarché, by obtaining a ban on a dishonest and misleading advertisement. (…)

Consultation on Shark finning

01 December 2011

BLOOM has contributed to the European Commission Consultation on Shark Finning (the practice of cutting off fins at sea). In (…)

Bloom on the Ocean Park’s Education Advisory Committee

19 June 2011

Bloom has recently become a member of the Ocean Park’s Education Advisory Committee (EAC). Ocean Park in Hong Kong hosts (…)

100% of French citizens support destructive fishing practices

10 May 2011

  In collaboration with the Fondation pour la Nature et l’Homme, Greenpeace and Deep Sea Conservation Coalition   Such are (…)

A note from the Ocean2012 Coalition

21 January 2011

BLOOM is a member of the Ocean2012 Coalition, which has published a note on engine modernisation

Collaboration about a science festival

02 January 2011

Since 2010, BLOOM has been a member of the scientific advisory board of the “Paris Montagne” festival of the Ecole (…)

Conferences and lectures about the deep sea

03 December 2010

Ever since 2006, Bloom has offered conferences and lectures for the general public, children and students, as well as training (…)

The fraud of the French “Deep-Sea Mission” (2009/2010)

02 November 2010

  Letter to French Minister of Ecology Jean-Louis Borloo: English version | French version   Appendices to the letter to Jean-Louis Borloo, dated (…)

PROGRAMME DE CONNAISSANCE DES MILIEUX MARINS

14 October 2010

Programme de connaissance des milieux marins développé avec les enseignants de la cité scolaire Jean Moulinde Montmorillon (86) pour les 9-18 (…)

The fraud of the French “Deep-Sea Mission” (2009/2010) – 2

09 July 2010

  The NGOs are finally resigning from a post-“Deep-sea Mission” consultation mission where the lobbies have misled the NGOs with (…)

Oceanocide : published by Claire Nouvian

20 April 2010

Fewer than 300 boats in the world are destroying the deep sea, the largest reservoir of biodiversity on Earth. They (…)

The NGOs’ objection to the MSC certification of the sardine purse Seine fishery in South Brittany

31 January 2010

  During the period of public involvement around the MSC certification of sardine purse Seine fisheries in South Brittany, NGOs (…)

NGOs object to the MSC certification of a sardine fishery in Brittany

05 January 2010

NGOs and small-scale fishing groups have submitted a joint objection to the MSC certification of sardine fishery using a specific (…)

EXPOSITION ABYSSES DU HAVRE : création d’un parcours-jeu

03 January 2010

2010. Conception d’un parcours-jeu gratuit pour l’exposition ABYSSES du Havre.

The “Grenelle de la Mer”

31 December 2009

  BLOOM and the WWF created an NGO platform which assumed its full potential during the 2009 “Grenelle de la (…)

End of the porbeagle fishery

01 December 2009

Following the “Grenelle de la Mer” multi-stake holder negotiations and thanks to BLOOM’s determined action on the porbeagle issue (France (…)

The French NGOs’ “Yellow Book”

30 November 2009

The Yellow Book was a joint response from the NGOs to the European consultation (Green Paper) on the Common Fisheries (…)

Creation of “The Shark Squad”, an educational musical with large puppets.

01 June 2009

“The Shark Squad” is a detective play for children, which addresses problems of overfishing, damaged ecosystems, unsustainable consumption habits, the (…)

The Fisheries Control Regime: 2008/2009

31 January 2009

This project, which has since become law, was intended to strengthen EU control within the Common Fisheries Policy.   BLOOM (…)

CONSERVATION MARINE : rédaction pour le guide environnemental de Hong Kong

20 January 2009

Rédaction des pages de conservation marine pour l’édition 2009 du guide  environnemental de Hong Kong (Going Green in Hong Kong par (…)

“The Deep” Exhibition

03 January 2009

THE DEEP exhibition gains an educational section on shark extinctions and deep-sea bottom trawling, curtesy of Bloom.

A didactic booklet for students

01 October 2008

A didactic, 26-pages-long booklet on the marin environment has been distributed to 60 000 students in Hong Kong.  

ANIMATION INFORMATIQUE DES FONDS OCÉANIQUES

03 September 2008

Animation informatique interactive en temps réel des fonds océaniques développée avec l’artiste Renaud Chabrier (cible : enfants de 9 à14 (…)

Claire Nouvian’s speech during the round table “Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean”

25 April 2008

Official visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Monaco Your Highness, Mr. President, distinguished Ministers, ladies and gentlemen, I’ll begin (…)

GÉNÉRATIONS OCÉANS

20 December 2005

Depuis 2005 – Marraine du projet Générations Océans et de la Semaine de la Mer

Nicolas Hulot

22 October 2000

“The ocean is the memory of Life on Earth and of the mystery of the common origins we share with all living things…”

Isabelle Autissier

22 October 2000

Alison Sudol

22 October 2000

“Imagine this: what if you had a little house on a large plot of wild, beautiful untouched woods…”

David Mayer de Rothschild

21 October 2000

“We are all creatures of the ocean! without it we are nothing!”

Dr Sylvia Earle

20 October 2000

“If people could see how bottom trawls catch fish, they would be appalled. I have seen it: these scrapers go across the ocean floor and take everything…”

Don Walsh

20 October 2000

“I want to salute the European Union for their role in eventually banning all deep water trawling…”

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

20 October 2000

Jacques Perrin

19 October 2000

“They look awful with their huge eyes and monstrous mouths but Men are the only ones to judge the beauty or ugliness of a being…”

Philippe Starck

19 October 2000

Bixente Lizarazu

18 October 2000

Daniel Cohn-Bendit

17 October 2000

“European fleets fishing in deep waters are among the largest in the world.”

Hélène de Fougerolles

15 October 2000

Deep-sea bottom trawling is a scandal! I support BLOOM in their effort to stop this aberration!

Matthieu Ricard

13 October 2000

“A vote will take place in the European Parliament on bottom trawling of the deep seabed which took tens of thousands of years of slow evolution to form…”

Jean-Michel Jarre

12 October 2000

Justine Mitchell

11 October 2000

“I support Bloom in all the incredible work they do. Why destroy something that we have only just started to comprehend and from which we have so much to learn?”

Coline Serreau

11 October 2000

“Deep-sea bottom trawling, a headlong rush into destructive madness…”

Michel Rocard

11 October 2000

“The Dee Sea remain the last place on Earth with no protection whatsoever. ..”

Hubert Védrine

11 October 2000

“Protection must be strictly monitored and the conversion of fishermen be ensured in a human and economically viable way, as it should be done for all human activities to be “greened”…”

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

11 October 2000

“Out of sight, out of heart! Deep-sea fishing destroys the seabed and the life that inhabits it in the most general indifference…”

Frédéric Lenoir

10 October 2000

“I deeply support BLOOM’s fight against deep-sea bottom trawling, which destroys under water ecosystems, extremely important for the preservation of biodiversity.”

Nainoa Thompson

10 October 2000

“Every time we hurt the oceans, we hurts ourselves. Every time we take life away from the oceans, we take it away from the inheritance of our children…”

Jackson Browne

10 October 2000

“I want to encourage the EU Parliament to pass the controls over bottom trawling…”

Jul

10 October 2000

Luc Jacquet

10 October 2000

“During my life, I have been fortunate to travel extensively…”

Rob Stewart

10 October 2000

“The oceans are the most important ecosystem on earth – regulating our climate, oxygen, and food, and everything should be done to protect them from the menaces of deep sea trawling…”

Marie-Monique Robin

10 October 2000

“Fish that inhabit the oceans are like bees: they are the sentinels of the state of the planet…”

Marc Guillemot

10 October 2000

“To continue fishing in the Deep Sea means to remove the cradle of life on the surface!…”

Marielle de Sarnez

10 October 2000

“Scraping the ocean floor and catching all the fauna is not fishing, it is a massacre…”

Allain Bougrain-Dubourg

10 October 2000

“Against all odds, we found that the subtle intimacy of the Deep were the setting for an unlikely fauna…”

Isabelle Autissier

10 October 2000

“The biodiversity of the Deep Sea is a common treasure, it is urgent to stop the massacre.”

Pascal Durand

06 October 2000

“It is vital to stop deep-sea bottom trawling because it means the preservation of life itslef…”

Stéphane Peyron

05 October 2000

“Deep-sea fishing is harms ourselves as well as the generations to come…”

Laurence Rossignol

05 October 2000

“Deep sea marine life must be protected from fishing and other human activity…”

ALBERTO LUCA RECCHI

05 October 2000

” All of us are really concerned about environmental issues when we can see them and sea’problems are often hard (…)

Jean-Paul Chanteguet

05 October 2000

“The deep oceans are still largely unknown and remain, in many ways, quite mysterious to us…”

Jean-Paul Besset

05 October 2000

“Europe is meant to protect its people…”

Laurent Ballesta

05 October 2000

Jérôme Anger

05 October 2000

“Men do not bite the hand that feeds them, they amputate it…”

Patrick Braoudé

05 October 2000

“We haven’t yet explored the deep-sea bed and we are already destroying its biodiversity… Who knows the treasures hiding in the deep sea?”

Mathilda May

05 October 2000

“Until where will we go into the destruction? This aberration must stop, and fast. We should all support BLOOM Association.”

Jean-François Julliard

05 October 2000

“Bottom trawling is a “crime” hidden away from public view… “

Enric Sala

05 October 2000

“I would think that a smart, 21st century European parliament member will not vote for throwing taxpayers’ (voters’) money into an industry that has never been profitable and, worst yet, destroys the deepest reservoir of biodiversity on our planet.”

Jean-Paul Jaud

04 October 2000

“Beyond the intolerable massacre of biodiversity, the authorization of deep-sea trawling will raise radioactive residues…”

Philippe Cury

02 October 2000

“Deep-sea bottom trawling is a fishing technique that has no future…”

Gilles Boeuf

02 October 2000

“Deep-sea trawling is of very little interest on the vast sandy-muddy soft beds because biomass is low and these environments require long periods of time to produce…”

Olivia Piana

01 October 2000

“”The ocean is my second home. The destruction of this paradise is unthinkable…”

Denis Ody

01 October 2000

“What to shout, and who to shout it to, for reason to prevail?…”

Miranda Merron and Halvard Mabire

01 October 2000

“No Nature, No Future! …”

Yves le Blévec

01 October 2000

“Deep-sea bottom trawling is an ecological disaster…”

Etienne Klein

01 October 2000

Anne-Marie Vergez

01 October 2000

“With the method of trawling, not only wildlife are affected but habitats are generally often destroyed after the passage of trawlers.”

Imanol Ugartemendia

01 October 2000

“For years and years, fishermen have emptied the continental shelf, they did nonsense with the big boats, they were forced to create revenue to repay these boats worth several million euros…”

Christophe Vissant

01 October 2000

“I am passionate about the underwater world and I attach a profound importance to the protection of our planet and all life forms in general…”

Rainer Froese

01 October 2000

“The deep sea is the least known place on earth…”

Raphaël Filippi

01 October 2000

“I am lucky to spend much time in the water enjoying the waves…”

David Billett

01 October 2000

“A huge variety of fascinating life forms exist in the deep sea, not just corals and sponges…”

Les Watling

01 October 2000

“The deep sea is an ancient environment, essentially unchanged for more than 20 million years…”