27 June 2022
27 June 2022
As the United Nations’ Ocean Conference opens today in Lisbon, BLOOM requests the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to open a (…)
26 June 2022
26 June 2022
On 26 June 2022, BLOOM and Mediapart reveal the results of an exclusive investigation: 95% of Dutch vessels that received (…)
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
Paris, 17 June 2022 After a marathon negotiation since Sunday, June 12, and two sleepless nights of tension and extensive (…)
08 June 2022
08 June 2022
Opinion piece by Claire Nouvian published in the newspaper Le Monde on June 7, 2022 On 8 June, the BLOOM (…)
18 May 2022
18 May 2022
Alongside French and English artisanal fishers, BLOOM was mobilised before the vote in the European parliament on an amendment to (…)
04 May 2022
04 May 2022
On May 3rd, the European Parliament voted on an own-initiative report on the blue economy, the result of which is (…)
22 April 2022
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.
06 April 2022
06 April 2022
Paris, 5 April 2022 The illegal use of public funds to finance the development of electric fishing over the period (…)
31 March 2022
31 March 2022
BLOOM and six NGOs (ClientEarth, LIFE, Oceana, Our Fish, Environmental Justice Foundation and Defence of the Aquatic Environment) have asked (…)
09 February 2022
09 February 2022
From the empty announcements to the avoidance of fundamental problems, the One Ocean Summit is a failure according the founder (…)
08 December 2021
08 December 2021
BLOOM has written to the European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries asking him to take an urgent measure (…)
09 September 2021
09 September 2021
BLOOM reveals that the European Commission has quietly amended the technical measures regulation during the summer break, allowing ‘Danish seine’ (…)
01 July 2021
01 July 2021
Since 2017, BLOOM has rung the alarm bell on the multiple frauds committed by the Netherlands with regards to electric (…)
30 June 2021
30 June 2021
The full ban on electric fishing in Europe comes into effect on July 1st. It will help avoid the environmental (…)
22 April 2021
22 April 2021
After having exhausted marine ecosystems in the North Sea with its destructive fishing methods such as electric fishing, the Dutch (…)
15 April 2021
15 April 2021
On Thursday 15 April, the European Court of Justice demonstrated its supremacy over the Dutch industrial lobbies that tried to (…)
14 April 2021
14 April 2021
As was the case with electric fishing, Dutch lobbies have adopted a fait accompli strategy to impose Danish seine (also (…)
31 March 2021
31 March 2021
Hong Kong, 22nd March – Amidst a global biodiversity crisis, Hong Kong authorities seized a record breaking 649 metric tonnes (…)
25 March 2021
25 March 2021
The Netherlands is endeavouring to legalise electric fishing. The Dutch government has submitted its case to Court of Justice of (…)
15 February 2021
15 February 2021
In the light of a report on the implementation of the new regulation on “Technical Measures”,[1] the European Commission launched (…)
02 February 2021
02 February 2021
BLOOM had lodged two complaints[1] with the European Commission against the Netherlands for issuing illegal licences allowing electric fishing. In (…)
15 January 2021
15 January 2021
14 January 2021
14 January 2021
Brussels, 14 January 2021 – 72 civil society organisations from the EU and across the globe have called on Members (…)
09 December 2020
09 December 2020
A sixteen-year step back for the next decade: this is what the European institutions have just done in terms of (…)
09 December 2020
09 December 2020
Three years after a first legal analysis of the electric electric fishing case, a new article published by Michel Morin (…)
26 November 2020
26 November 2020
On 23 November, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) made a statement that left us speechless. In a press release issued (…)
19 November 2020
19 November 2020
The ban on electric fishing was so fatal to the Dutch lobby, on the verge of collapsing,[1] that it works (…)
23 October 2020
23 October 2020
Over 25,000 citizen complaints have so far been sent to the European Commission to demand sanctions against the Netherlands. More (…)
14 October 2020
14 October 2020
Our campaign to ban electric fishing has demonstrated the deep collusion between the Dutch fishing industry and the European Commission: (…)
22 September 2020
22 September 2020
On 25 September 2020, a historic mobilization for French fishers will take place: the symbolic funeral of the artisanal fishing (…)
15 September 2020
15 September 2020
In an explosive new report, BLOOM goes one step further in its revelations on the abysmal depth of the Dutch (…)
09 September 2020
09 September 2020
While negotiations on the future EMFF (European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, 2021–2027) are due to resume with a new Trilogue (…)
04 September 2020
04 September 2020
While the European Commission has finally acknowledged — almost three years after our first complaint — that the Netherlands was (…)
26 August 2020
26 August 2020
After our referral to the European Ombudsman on 5 June 2020 and the opening of her enquiry on 14 July (…)
06 August 2020
06 August 2020
On 5 August 2020, BLOOM, Blue Marine Foundation, SharkProject, and WWF issued a joint statement calling for a full and (…)
29 July 2020
29 July 2020
On 29 July, BLOOM contributed to a public consultation on shark finning, calling on the MSC to drastically improve its (…)
20 July 2020
20 July 2020
Far from being resolved, the electric fishing case continues to reflect the European Union’s serious dysfunctions. While the new Regulation (…)
07 June 2020
07 June 2020
Given the Netherlands’ repeated violations of EU law regarding electric fishing and given the European Commission’s failure to respond to (…)
05 June 2020
05 June 2020
Bis repetita. As in 2018, electric fishing supporters are using the timely publication of a ‘Special Advice’ from the International (…)
14 May 2020
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 (…)
11 May 2020
11 May 2020
Claiming to “provide clarifications” regarding the publication of BLOOM’s scientific study on the sham of the MSC label (Marine Stewardship (…)
05 May 2020
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) (…)
08 April 2020
08 April 2020
The global sanitary crisis we are facing is a brutal and necessary challenge to the way we treat people who, (…)
20 March 2020
20 March 2020
BLOOM calls on the European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius to eventually take strong measures against (…)
28 February 2020
28 February 2020
European Fisheries Ministers are seriously jeopardising their international commitments in order to satisfy industrial fisheries lobbies rather than the public (…)
20 February 2020
20 February 2020
No TTIP through the backdoor!”: Civil society organisations warn against risky concessions in EU-US trade talks More than 100 civil (…)
28 January 2020
28 January 2020
BLOOM partners with 101 environmental organisations[1] and signs the Blue Manifesto published today, Tuesday 28 January 2020. This European plan (…)
09 January 2020
09 January 2020
The year 2020 begins with some long awaited good news: following the entry into force of the new Technical Measures (…)
20 December 2019
20 December 2019
As every year, some of the largest fishing vessels in the world — sometimes over 140m in length — are (…)
20 November 2019
20 November 2019
BLOOM, along with representatives from environmental NGOs BirdLife, ClientEarth, Seas At Risk and WWF, met on Tuesday 19 November with (…)
20 November 2019
20 November 2019
Martedì 19 novembre, BLOOM e i rappresentanti delle ONG ambientaliste BirdLife, ClientEarth, Seas At Risk e WWF hanno incontrato Virginijus (…)
20 November 2019
20 November 2019
BLOOM y los representantes de la coalición de ONG medioambientales BirdLife, ClientEarth, Seas At Risk y WWF se reunieron el (…)
12 November 2019
12 November 2019
For its first major vote, the new European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries has decided to reopen the floodgates of overfishing (…)
07 November 2019
07 November 2019
In 1992, 1,575 scientific eminences, including nearly 100 Nobels, signed a founding text together. Coordinated by Nobel Prize in Physics, (…)
18 October 2019
18 October 2019
Mientras que todas las partes de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) buscan actualmente un consenso sobre una prohibición multilateral (…)
18 October 2019
18 October 2019
Mentre tutte le parti dell’Organizzazione mondiale del commercio (OMC) sono attualmente alla ricerca di un accordo multilaterale per il divieto (…)
18 October 2019
18 October 2019
While all parties to the World Trade Organization (WTO) are currently seeking to agree on a multilateral ban on harmful (…)
17 October 2019
17 October 2019
As the Netherlands just challenged the new EU regulation that prohibits electric fishing at the European Court of Justice, the (…)
10 October 2019
10 October 2019
“Ridiculous!” This is our reaction to the announcement of the Netherlands to bring an action before the Court of Justice (…)
01 October 2019
01 October 2019
Today, Tuesday 1 October 2019, the environmental organisations BirdLife Europe, BLOOM, ClientEarth and Seas At Risk launch an online platform (…)
01 October 2019
01 October 2019
Oggi, martedì 1 ottobre 2019, le organizzazioni ambientaliste BirdLife Europe, BLOOM, ClientEarth e Seas At Risk lanciano una piattaforma (…)
01 October 2019
01 October 2019
Hoy, martes 1 de octubre de 2019, las organizaciones medioambientales BirdLife Europe, BLOOM, ClientEarth y Seas At Risk lanzan (…)
24 September 2019
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 (…)
19 September 2019
19 September 2019
For the third time, BLOOM has filed a complaint to the European Commission against the Netherlands on 18 September 2019.[1] (…)
16 September 2019
16 September 2019
The coalition of environmental NGOs working on European fisheries subsidies, of which BLOOM is a member, reacted publicly today, Monday (…)
25 July 2019
25 July 2019
On Tuesday 23rd of July the first work meeting of the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament was held. On (…)
03 July 2019
03 July 2019
Following the dramatic position adopted by the Council of the EU on 18 June to reopen the most harmful fisheries (…)
20 June 2019
20 June 2019
BLOOM is joining a group of 340 international organizations calling for the end of the European Union’s (EU) negotiations with (…)
19 June 2019
19 June 2019
El Consejo de la Unión Europea ha adoptado el 18 de junio su orientación general sobre el próximo Fondo Europeo (…)
19 June 2019
19 June 2019
Ieri, martedì 18 giugno 2019, il Consiglio Agripesca dell’Unione europea ha adottato il suo orientamento generale riguardo al prossimo Fondo (…)
18 June 2019
18 June 2019
Today, Tuesday 18th June 2019, the Council of the European Union adopted its General Approach on the next European Maritime (…)
14 June 2019
14 June 2019
El Gobierno Sánchez está a punto de asumir la responsabilidad sin precedentes que llevaría inevitablemente a la destrucción del océano. (…)
13 June 2019
13 June 2019
A un passo da una decisione irreversibile Nei prossimi giorni l’Italia corre il rischio di commettere un errore senza (…)
03 June 2019
03 June 2019
The two years of fierce fighting and the constant pressure exerted by BLOOM are finally bearing fruit in fishing ports. (…)
09 May 2019
09 May 2019
‘Electric fishing’ continues to be a hot topic. On 9 May 2019, BLOOM and 45 professional fishers from Northern France (…)
03 May 2019
03 May 2019
BLOOM and 58 other international NGOs call on WTO members to respect their engagement to conclude a binding agreement to (…)
16 April 2019
16 April 2019
« All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as (…)
16 April 2019
16 April 2019
Ogni verità passa attraverso tre fasi: all’inizio è ridicolizzata, poi è violentemente contrastata, infine la si accetta come evidente. (Arthur (…)
16 April 2019
16 April 2019
“Toda verdad desarrolla tres fases. Primero, se la ridiculiza. Después, suscita una fuerte oposición. Ya, por último, se considera que (…)
04 April 2019
04 April 2019
Hoy, jueves 4 de abril, el Parlamento Europeo ha votado sobre el próximo Fondo Europeo Marítimo y de Pesca (FEMP). (…)
04 April 2019
04 April 2019
Oggi, giovedì 4 aprile 2019, il Parlamento europeo ha votato il Fondo Europeo per gli Affari Marittimi e la Pesca (…)
04 April 2019
04 April 2019
Today, on Thursday 4 April 2019, the European Parliament voted on the 2021-2027 European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), which (…)
03 April 2019
03 April 2019
Before the vote scheduled on 4 April 2019 at the European Parliament on the 2021-2017 European Maritime and Fisheries Funds (…)
02 April 2019
02 April 2019
The Dutch Minister for Fisheries, Carola Schouten, has taken the scandalous initiative of extending 42 illegal licenses for ‘electric fishing’ (…)
29 March 2019
29 March 2019
The total ban on electric fishing in Europe will come into place on 1 July 2021. But the Trilogue agreement (…)
27 March 2019
27 March 2019
A new study by BLOOM has just been published in the international and peer-reviewed scientific journal Marine Policy concerning the (…)
08 March 2019
08 March 2019
La Comisión de Pesca del Parlamento Europeo elige la destrucción del océano en lugar de su protección Cataclismo para el (…)
08 March 2019
08 March 2019
La Commissione Pesca del Parlamento europeo sceglie di distruggere il mare invece di proteggerlo Un cataclisma per l’oceano. Oggi, 24 (…)
07 March 2019
07 March 2019
The European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee chooses the destruction of the ocean rather than its protection Cataclysm for the ocean. Today, (…)
06 March 2019
06 March 2019
El jueves 7 de marzo de 2019, los 27 miembros de la Comisión de Pesca del Parlamento Europeo tendrán que (…)
06 March 2019
06 March 2019
Giovedì 7 marzo 2019 i ventisette membri della Commissione per la Pesca (PECH) del Parlamento europeo dovranno pronunciarsi su un (…)
06 March 2019
06 March 2019
On Thursday 7 March 2019, the 27 members of the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament will have to rule (…)
19 February 2019
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 (…)
13 February 2019
13 February 2019
This is a victory for BLOOM and our coalition of small-scale fishers and NGOs although it will occur too late (…)
13 February 2019
13 February 2019
Esta es una inmensa victoria para BLOOM y para nuestra coalición de pescadores artesanales y ONGs pero que intervendrá demasiado (…)
13 February 2019
13 February 2019
Una grande vittoria per BLOOM e la nostra coalizione di pescatori artigianali e ONG, ma che interverrà troppo tardi, a (…)
12 February 2019
12 February 2019
The date for the next Trilogue meeting between the European Commission, the EU Council (Member States) and the European Parliament (…)
12 February 2019
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 (…)
09 February 2019
09 February 2019
The news has just been confirmed by several European decision-makers: on Friday 8 February, the Council of the EU took (…)
04 February 2019
04 February 2019
Gran victoria para BLOOM. Casi año y medio después de nuestra primera denuncia contra los Países Bajos el 2 de (…)
04 February 2019
04 February 2019
Una prima, importante vittoria per BLOOM. Quasi un anno e mezzo dopo la prima denuncia – depositata il 2 ottobre (…)
04 February 2019
04 February 2019
This is the second major victory for BLOOM after the Parliament’s vote for a full ban on electric fishing in (…)
28 January 2019
28 January 2019
In June and again in November 2018, BLOOM and 22 organizations asked the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), a service of (…)
21 January 2019
21 January 2019
A un anno esatto dalla votazione del Parlamento europeo, il 16 gennaio 2018, i negoziati sulla pesca elettrica non hanno (…)
21 January 2019
21 January 2019
Un año después del voto del Parlamento europeo el 16 de enero del 2018, todavía no se ha alcanzado la (…)
21 January 2019
21 January 2019
Exactly one year after the European Parliament voted on 16 January 2018, negotiations on electric fishing have still not resulted (…)
17 January 2019
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 (…)
05 December 2018
05 December 2018
32 NGOs and artisanal fishers’ organisations sent a joint letter to all European decision-makers (MEPs, Permanent Representations, European Commission) to (…)
05 December 2018
05 December 2018
Spanish MEP Gabriel Mato is at it again. By proposing an unacceptable compromise — overly complexified by many provisions as (…)
26 November 2018
26 November 2018
On 6 November 2018, BLOOM announced that it had turned to the European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, during a press conference (…)
23 November 2018
23 November 2018
On Tuesday 20th of November 2018, MEPs from the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted (…)
13 November 2018
13 November 2018
A technical meeting (staff level) will be held at the European Parliament on 14 November 2018 in order to discuss (…)
06 November 2018
06 November 2018
Paris, 6 November 2018 While European negotiations are moving towards an illegitimate reauthorization of electric fishing to the detriment of (…)
16 October 2018
16 October 2018
The chefs of the “Relais & Châteaux” network, who, following chef Christophe Coutanceau’s manifesto, became widely mobilized[1] last January alongside (…)
05 October 2018
05 October 2018
Paris, 5 October 2018 The European “trilogue” negotiations on electric fishing nearly adopted an outrageous compromise on October 4 that (…)
05 October 2018
05 October 2018
On 4 October, negotiations on the Technical Measures Regulation failed to adopt a shameful compromise, which would have allowed to (…)
05 October 2018
05 October 2018
On this page, we explain how we compiled the list of Dutch beam trawlers equipped with electrodes. There is no (…)
04 October 2018
04 October 2018
This morning, negotiations on the Technical Measures Regulation, which will decide the fate of electric fishing in Europe, resumed after (…)
02 October 2018
02 October 2018
A new analysis by BLOOM, using satellite data from the “Global Fishing Watch” platform, reveals the presence of numerous Dutch (…)
24 September 2018
24 September 2018
Thunderclap in Brussels: while upcoming European negotiations, suspended for the summer, threaten to legalise fishing with electricity, a former jurist (…)
14 July 2018
14 July 2018
It’s a triple event! 1) Paris City Hall has decided to put ecology in the spotlight for the Grand Concert (…)
12 July 2018
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 (…)
11 July 2018
11 July 2018
French humourist Capucine Dupuy and cartoonist Terreur Graphique denounce with force the scandal of electric fishing in a comic and (…)
11 July 2018
11 July 2018
Our coalition of 26 small-scale and coastal fishers and environmental organisations have joined forces to campaign for a full ban (…)
03 July 2018
03 July 2018
Since March 2018, several ‘Trilogue’ meetings on the Technical Measures Regulation have taken place in complete institutional opacity (see ‘To (…)
26 June 2018
26 June 2018
As of 21 June 2018, it became known (but not yet official) that EU negotiations on the Technical Measures Regulation, (…)
21 June 2018
21 June 2018
IFREMER, the French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, published on 20 June 2018 an analysis of the scientific (…)
18 June 2018
18 June 2018
BLOOM started fighting electric fishing because this destructive fishing technique jeopardizes marine life and destroys the most environmentally-friendly fishing jobs (…)
18 June 2018
18 June 2018
UK IRELAND FRANCE BELGIUM GERMANY NETHERLANDS
18 June 2018
18 June 2018
#FishersResist Today, small-scale and traditional fishers across the EU are mobilizing in ports in a simultaneous action of resistance to (…)
18 June 2018
18 June 2018
#FishersResist Vandaag mobiliseren kleinschalige en traditionele vissers van verschillende landen zich in havens voor een gelijktijdige actie van verzet; een (…)
17 June 2018
17 June 2018
On 30 May 2018, the international scientific body ‘ICES’ (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) responded publicly to the (…)
13 June 2018
13 June 2018
Today, 23 environmental NGOs and organisations representing fishers from France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK filed a formal request (…)
04 June 2018
04 June 2018
Verdedigers van elektrische visserij stellen wetenschappelijk schijnverslag op in wanhopige poging om volledig verbod te voorkomen Parijs, 4 juni 2018 (…)
04 June 2018
04 June 2018
Paris, 4 de Junio 2018 Durante un mes, la ciencia ha sido utilizada por los políticos holandeses y la industria (…)
04 June 2018
04 June 2018
Electric fishing defenders line up scientific ducks in desperate attempt to avoid full ban Science has decidedly played a central (…)
04 June 2018
04 June 2018
BLOOM currently runs a campaign with other NGOs and artisanal fishermen to prohibit electric fishing in Europe. We undertake a (…)
04 June 2018
04 June 2018
The Netherlands have requested a special advice from ICES to “compare the ecological and environmental effects of using traditional beam (…)
04 June 2018
04 June 2018
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING… Pressed by Dutch politicians, scientists from ICES produced partial advice to try to avoid EU-wide prohibition (…)
31 May 2018
31 May 2018
Dutch newspaper ‘Telegraaph’ daringly concluded in early May that electric ‘pulse’ fishing did “not cause any demonstrable damage to fish (…)
29 May 2018
29 May 2018
On 29 May 2018, BLOOM officially asked the French Research Institute for the Exploration of the Sea (IFREMER) access to (…)
02 May 2018
02 May 2018
While the European trilogue that must decide the fate of electric fishing in Europe has not yet settled on the (…)
30 April 2018
30 April 2018
The 2018 ceremony in San Francisco took place on Monday, April 23. You can watch Claire’s address online here: Read (…)
23 April 2018
23 April 2018
San Francisco, 23 April 2018 BLOOM is proud to announce that its Founder and Board Chair, Claire Nouvian, will be (…)
19 April 2018
19 April 2018
BLOOM praises the decision of the Pacific Fishery Management Council to protect sensitive marine ecosystems in the US: on 9 (…)
16 April 2018
16 April 2018
Today, BLOOM has filed a second complaint against the Netherlands, because this EU Member State does not respect the EU (…)
11 April 2018
11 April 2018
A new study published today in Frontiers in Marine Science used the data gathered by the Sea Around Us project (…)
03 April 2018
03 April 2018
On Tuesday 27 March 2018, Dutch investigative journalist Thomas Spekschoor published a report at NOS (Netherlands Broadcasting Foundation) on the (…)
29 March 2018
29 March 2018
Back on track! Just as the WTO nominates new Chair to steer Fisheries Subsidies negotiations towards success at MC12, the (…)
29 March 2018
29 March 2018
World Trade Organization appoints new chair to achieve multilateral agreement on harmful fisheries subsidies by 2019 Press Release Paris, 29 (…)
23 March 2018
23 March 2018
On Wednesday March 21st, 2018, Emmanuel Macron visited The Hague in the Netherlands in order to meet the Netherland’s Prime (…)
07 March 2018
07 March 2018
A SCORE THAT IS LOUD AND CLEAR: 162 FOR, 0 AGAINST. A NEW VICTORY FOR BLOOM’S CAMPAIGN On March 6th (…)
19 January 2018
19 January 2018
Plenary vote of the European Parliament on 16 January 2018 resulted in a clear victory for the campaign let by (…)
16 January 2018
16 January 2018
The European Parliament adopted this morning with a very large majority (402 to 232) a full and definitive ban on (…)
16 January 2018
16 January 2018
The number one argument of the Dutch lobby to promote electric fishing has been the reduction in fuel consumption, and (…)
14 January 2018
14 January 2018
As BLOOM’s campaign against electric fishing grows stronger, and as more and more voices rise up against this destructive fishing (…)
14 January 2018
14 January 2018
PRESS RELEASE, Brussels/Strasbourg After the suspension of parliamentary activity during the Christmas period, the controversy over electric fishing has ensured (…)
10 January 2018
10 January 2018
Chef Christopher Coutanceau – Maison Coutanceau** in La Rochelle, inspired by his love of fine products and by his membership (…)
08 January 2018
08 January 2018
As the European Parliament prepares to vote on whether to restore the 1998 ban on electric fishing or to authorise (…)
13 December 2017
13 December 2017
Final version after WTO official statement – Buenos Aires, 13 December 2017 BLOOM and the Varda Group, which have been (…)
09 December 2017
09 December 2017
Upon landing in Buenos Aires on Dec. 6th 2017, the Low Hanging Fish campaign team was relieved to receive confirmation (…)
05 December 2017
05 December 2017
Trade Ministers will have the final word on a fisheries subsidies agreement at the Buenos Aires WTO Ministerial Conference next (…)
05 December 2017
05 December 2017
The Low Hanging Fish campaign team will be on site in Buenos Aires to monitor progress and comment on developments, (…)
26 November 2017
26 November 2017
This year’s two weeks of climate talks, COP23, the Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (…)
26 November 2017
26 November 2017
Since the Sustainable Development Goals were adopted by the UN General Assembly in September 2015, including Target 14.6: elimination of (…)
22 November 2017
22 November 2017
Yesterday, the European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee voted for a possible massive expansion of electric pulse fishing in Europe but a (…)
17 November 2017
17 November 2017
At a side event organized by the International Oceanographic Commission on 2nd November in the margins of UNESCO’s General Conference (…)
23 October 2017
23 October 2017
Seven weeks to go before the WTO’s Ministerial conference (MC11) starts in Buenos Aires. Expectation for a fisheries subsidies agreement (…)
05 October 2017
05 October 2017
On October 5, 2017, during the opening session of “Our Ocean” Conference in Malta, His Royal Highness the Prince of (…)
04 October 2017
04 October 2017
During the WTO Public Forum held at the WTO Headquarters in Geneva (26-28 Sept. 2017), BLOOM and The Varda Group (…)
04 October 2017
04 October 2017
Being able to understand, characterize and monitor subsidies granted by States will enable them to radically improve the long-term management (…)
04 October 2017
04 October 2017
El 2 de octubre, BLOOM presentó formalmente una denuncia contra los Países Bajos a través de la Comisión Europea por (…)
02 October 2017
02 October 2017
Following the launch of the On The Hook campaign, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has failed to provide any satisfactory (…)
02 October 2017
02 October 2017
Today, BLOOM formally filed a complaint against The Netherlands through the European Commission complaint form for having illegally granted derogations (…)
27 September 2017
27 September 2017
SDG 14 revived the subsidies discussions at the WTO The Ocean Sustainable Development Goal #14.6 explicitly calls on the World (…)
22 September 2017
22 September 2017
Press release by On The Hook September 22 2017 Today the Dutch Advertising Code Committee has found that Princes is “misleading (…)
15 September 2017
15 September 2017
The World Trade Organization meets every two years to adopt trade rules. The next Ministerial Conference of the WTO (“MC11”) (…)
04 September 2017
04 September 2017
Completely missing the point of the On The Hook campaign, the MSC keeps using the chain of custody argument to (…)
02 September 2017
02 September 2017
Many actors, including BLOOM, have launched the On The Hook campaign, which aims to prevent yet another downward slide by (…)
21 June 2017
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 (…)
09 June 2017
09 June 2017
Press Release New York 9 June, 2017 The UN adopts a clear call for action to eliminate harmul fisheries subsidies (…)
09 June 2017
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 (…)
01 June 2017
01 June 2017
#OceanAction21922 BLOOM commits to helping governments categorize and analyze their fisheries subsidies data THE UN OCEAN CONFERENCE, NEW YORK, (…)
01 June 2017
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 (…)
02 March 2017
02 March 2017
Paris, 2 March 2017 BLOOM welcomes the position of the French Minister of the Environment, Energy and the Sea, Mrs (…)
12 January 2017
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 (…)
12 January 2017
12 January 2017
In London on January 11th 2017, BOAT Magazine and the Blue Marine Foundation organized the second annual edition of The Ocean (…)
09 January 2017
09 January 2017
By Tim Cashion, Frédéric Le Manach, Dirk Zeller & Daniel Pauly Published in Fish & Fisheries in January 2017. Read (…)
14 December 2016
14 December 2016
Electric pulse fishing is a technique that consists in sending electroshocks in the sediment to capture flatfish species living in (…)
08 December 2016
08 December 2016
MSC label certifies the New Zealand orange roughy fishery The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), which certifies more than 10% of (…)
06 December 2016
06 December 2016
As France is about to host the Open Government Partnership Global Summit, a number of Civil Society Organizations point out (…)
15 November 2016
15 November 2016
BLOOM, the DSCC and Seas at Risk are disappointed by the decisions on fishing limits for deep-sea fish stocks taken (…)
10 November 2016
10 November 2016
Brussels 10th November 2016: Marine conservation experts call on the European Council of Fisheries Ministers to prohibit fishing for (…)
13 October 2016
13 October 2016
BLOOM, the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, Seas at Risk and WWF have sent a joint letter to the European Commission (…)
16 September 2016
16 September 2016
Common statement signed by BLOOM Association and 177 European and national Civil Society Organisations and Trade Unions, ahead of the (…)
30 June 2016
30 June 2016
Brussels, June 30th 2016 After four years of legislative procedures, endless upstream lobbying by the fishing industry to try to (…)
30 March 2016
30 March 2016
Hats off! The giant retail group “Les Mousquetaires” (owner of Intermarché, Netto, Bricomarché brands etc.) announced earlier today[1] that its (…)
11 March 2016
11 March 2016
Paris, March 11, 2016 During the French parliamentary debate on the “Blue Economy” bill at the National Assembly on 2 (…)
15 February 2016
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 (…)
28 November 2015
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 (…)
10 November 2015
10 November 2015
European Parliament must now conclude negotiations with Council and Commission BRUSSELS, 10 November 2015: The Deep Sea Conservation (…)
28 October 2015
28 October 2015
A public consultation on the “international ocean governance” was initiated by the European Commission. It was closed on October 15, (…)
26 October 2015
26 October 2015
This map illustrates the predicted distribution of three deep-sea (found at depths of 200m or more) habitats in part of (…)
19 October 2015
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 (…)
09 October 2015
09 October 2015
“The cod was too good”: this is how the exciting new multimedia gallery “In the cracks” begins, available for viewing (…)
14 August 2015
14 August 2015
The consultation on an EU eco-label for aquaculture and fishery products ended on July 31, 2015, after being available three (…)
07 August 2015
07 August 2015
“Over the last two decades, there has been a silent, neoliberal revolution in our oceans.” In an article published on (…)
05 August 2015
05 August 2015
The inauguration of the new Suez Canal will take place tomorrow, on the 6th of August 2015. With almost 190 (…)
28 July 2015
28 July 2015
If you suggest to industrial fisheries a way to resolve overfishing without having to change their practices, you will likely (…)
17 June 2015
17 June 2015
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has published the first comprehensive assessment of the state of health (…)
15 June 2015
15 June 2015
The exhibition-event, The Deep, was inaugurated in Singapore on the 5th of June, in the presence of Claire Nouvian, curator (…)
10 June 2015
10 June 2015
DEVELOPMENT AID OR RESOURCE LOOTING: TWO CONTRASTING VIEWS ON FISHERIES AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE EU AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Europêche, a group (…)
20 April 2015
20 April 2015
Over 80% of Hong Kong Respondents Cite Environmental Concerns for Consuming Less Shark Fin Sociological research shows rising support for (…)
01 April 2015
01 April 2015
The European Council of Ministers met this morning in an extraordinary session to deliberate on the thorny deep-sea fishing file. (…)
23 January 2015
23 January 2015
ISSEY MIYAKE MEN AND BLOOM RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE FRAGILE BEAUTY OF THE DEEP OCEAN Amazed by the extraordinary world (…)
21 January 2015
21 January 2015
Wednesday, 21 January: Today MPs from across party divides have joined with leading UK marine scientists and NGOs to (…)
19 January 2015
19 January 2015
A year ago, after having bitterly fought and sabotaged the European Parliament’s vote on the ban of deep-sea bottom (…)
06 January 2015
06 January 2015
By Julien Bénard-Capelle, Victoire Guillonneau, Claire Nouvian, Nicolas Fournier, Karine Le Loët & Agnès Dettai. Published in PeerJ in January (…)
19 November 2014
19 November 2014
Today, a gathering orchestrated by BLOOM in collaboration with several NGOs including an international coalition of over 70 organizations (…)
09 November 2014
09 November 2014
War of words as industry hits back after calls for an end to foreign fishing nets in Scottish waters Special (…)
24 October 2014
24 October 2014
One one hand, France is still blocking the European legislation because of its fierce opposition to the ban on deep-sea (…)
03 October 2014
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 (…)
02 October 2014
02 October 2014
In November 2012, the Council of Fisheries Ministers had decided of a drastic increase of quotas for French fleets involved (…)
08 September 2014
08 September 2014
Non-profit organization BLOOM and LUSH Cosmetics campaign for a historic EU ban on deep-sea bottom trawling From 8th – 14th (…)
28 July 2014
28 July 2014
The French trawling lobby, BLUE FISH, teamed with the lobbying firm G Plus Europe, a subsidiary of Omnicom Group, to (…)
18 July 2014
18 July 2014
DELWOOD BIARRITZ – Beach ©BLOOM/DELWOOD © Romain Quesada/Biarritz POPAY Brussels – EU Council BLOOM/POPAY © Gautier Houba/Bruxelles PANIK LONDON – (…)
14 July 2014
14 July 2014
France’s position on the reform of the European deep-sea fishing regulation appears unjustifiable in light of this new information On (…)
14 July 2014
14 July 2014
Below the list of tweet handles according to where you are in Europe: The UK supports France in its determination (…)
14 July 2014
14 July 2014
TODAY, FAMOUS STREET ARTISTS ARE PRODUCING SPECTACULAR PIECES of ART IN SEVERAL EUROPEAN CAPITALS TO CALL FOR THE BAN OF (…)
07 July 2014
07 July 2014
On July 14th, European Fisheries Ministers will be meeting at the Council in Brussels. A reform of the EU deep-sea (…)
27 June 2014
27 June 2014
Amazed by the extraordinary world he found in the book ABYSSES by Claire Nouvian, designer Yusuke Takahashi used the fantastic (…)
18 June 2014
12 June 2014
12 June 2014
Today, on Richard Branson’s ocean portal, Claire Nouvian writes a piece on her discovery of the deep sea and (…)
15 May 2014
15 May 2014
A new study published in the scientific journal Nature this week shows the reduced impact of longlining, lines with (…)
14 May 2014
14 May 2014
Claire Nouvian is selected among 10 finalists of “Miss Bio Contest 2014” organized by the website FémininBio with (…)
24 April 2014
24 April 2014
July 2012 The European Commission proposes the phase out of deep-sea bottom trawling. BLOOM would dedicate the year 2013 to (…)
25 March 2014
25 March 2014
Paris, 25 March 2014 Since March 20th, close to 21,000 indignant French citizens have sent the President (…)
31 January 2014
31 January 2014
31 January 2014 Following the controversial outcome of the 10th December European Parliament vote on the phase out of (…)
18 December 2013
18 December 2013
On 10 December 2013, the European Parliament voted on a proposal to regulate EU Deep Sea fisheries in the North (…)
09 December 2013
09 December 2013
By Prof. Les Watling, Prof. Callum Roberts and Prof. J. Murray Roberts Fishing industry lobbyists recently circulated a (…)
03 December 2013
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 (…)
28 November 2013
28 November 2013
A UK petition has been posted that calls on the British government to take a strong position against French (…)
28 November 2013
28 November 2013
With just 15 days to go until the European Parliament votes in plenary on the deep-sea trawling ban, the industrial (…)
22 November 2013
22 November 2013
A press release by BLOOM and OCEANA Short of arguments, the industrial conglomerates involved in deep-sea fishing, lead (…)
21 November 2013
21 November 2013
BLOOM, Greenpeace and Oceana press release While the exceptional mobilization of French citizens against destructive deep-sea fishing, including that (…)
21 November 2013
21 November 2013
A publication of BLOOM and Oceana NO. On the contrary, if fleets agree to convert to long-lining, like the (…)
20 November 2013
20 November 2013
The New Economics Foundation (NEF) published on November 19th, 2013 a report on deep- sea fishing entitled Deep Trouble. (…)
18 November 2013
18 November 2013
The fate of the deep ocean is finally VIRAL ! Thanks to the very talented and generous cartoonist Pénélope (…)
18 November 2013
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 (…)
04 November 2013
04 November 2013
After months of dark political tactics to try to jeopardize the deep-sea fishing regulation, the Members of the European (…)
04 November 2013
04 November 2013
This afternoon, the 25 members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries will vote on behalf of more than 500 (…)
02 November 2013
02 November 2013
The future of the deep ocean and its ecosystem depends on the EU leading the way on sustainable fishing and (…)
24 October 2013
24 October 2013
Paris, 24 October 2013 Actors Edward Norton and Jean-Pierre Darroussin, business man Richard Branson, buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, (…)
17 October 2013
17 October 2013
The Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament announced this morning that the vote on the deep-sea fishing regulation will (…)
09 October 2013
09 October 2013
After 15 months of multiple hearings and delays, the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament has scheduled a vote (…)
04 October 2013
04 October 2013
While in Paris , Richard Branson confirmed with Claire Nouvian during a private meeting his commitment alongside BLOOM and the (…)
27 September 2013
27 September 2013
DEEP-SEA FISHING AND SUBSIDIES ON THE AGENDA The French Fisheries Minister Frédéric Cuvillier had tried as hard as possible to (…)
27 September 2013
27 September 2013
With an infamous political position paper, scientifically unfounded, the Ifremer has become the official alibi of lobbies and (…)
24 September 2013
24 September 2013
MEET THE GIANT OARFISH, KING OF HERRINGS In 2013, we have a better knowledge of the moon surface than of (…)
16 September 2013
16 September 2013
Politicians, scientists, fishermen and NGOs from around the world are mobilizing today to let the media and policy makers know (…)
08 September 2013
08 September 2013
We, the undersigned, represent the concerned public and include artisanal fishers, development and environmental organisations, and other stakeholders. We share a (…)
08 July 2013
08 July 2013
On 4 July 2013, the French magazine Le Nouvel Observateur revealed a confidential report of the Court of Auditors on (…)
04 July 2013
04 July 2013
The magazine Le Nouvel Observateur reveals today a crucial and explosive report by the Court of Auditors on State aid (…)
08 June 2013
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 (…)
05 June 2013
05 June 2013
Read our study and French supermarket ranking here (in French) Media Impact 05 juin 2013 | Agrisalon.com Casino, l’enseigne (…)
01 June 2013
01 June 2013
Read the DSCC report on the European Commission’s proposal of a deep-sea fishing regulation
11 April 2013
11 April 2013
By Claire Christian, David Ainley, Megan Bailey, Paul Dayton, John Hocevar, Michael LeVine, Jordan Nikoloyuk, Claire Nouvian, Enriqueta Velarde, Rodolfo (…)
28 March 2013
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 (…)
28 March 2013
28 March 2013
Watch Claire Nouvian’s TEDx conference below. You can turn on English subtitles on the right bottom corner. Here (…)
22 March 2013
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, (…)
20 March 2013
20 March 2013
The members of the biggest commission in the European Parliament, the Environment Commission, voted overwhelmingly (58 to 1) for a (…)
19 March 2013
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 (…)
19 February 2013
19 February 2013
BLOOM made a presentation about the state of French deep-sea fisheries through an analysis of the audited accounts of the (…)
14 February 2013
14 February 2013
Since 2009, despite legal obligations, the fishing fleet of French supermarket chain Intermarché has failed to publish its accounts. Intermarché’s (…)
27 December 2012
05 December 2012
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 (…)
29 November 2012
29 November 2012
Exactly 90 days after being appointed for a three year-term in the most influential scientific body advising the European (…)
29 November 2012
29 November 2012
The French Minister of Fisheries, Mr Frédéric Cuvillier, already welcomes the “positive results” concerning deep-sea species quotas: an increase (…)
28 November 2012
28 November 2012
A researcher for the French Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER), appointed for a three year term at (…)
01 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 (…)
02 October 2012
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 & (…)
01 October 2012
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 (…)
29 September 2012
29 September 2012
By Sebastian Villasantea, Telmo Morato, David Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Manel Antelo, Henrik Österblom, Les Watling, Claire Nouvian, Matthew Gianni & Gonzalo Macho. (…)
19 July 2012
19 July 2012
The European Commission is announcing the adoption of a proposal for a regulation, defining the rules concerning fisheries management conducted (…)
21 June 2012
21 June 2012
BLOOM wins a battle against French retail giant Intermarché, by obtaining a ban on a dishonest and misleading advertisement. (…)
01 December 2011
01 December 2011
BLOOM has contributed to the European Commission Consultation on Shark Finning (the practice of cutting off fins at sea). In (…)
19 June 2011
19 June 2011
Bloom has recently become a member of the Ocean Park’s Education Advisory Committee (EAC). Ocean Park in Hong Kong hosts (…)
10 May 2011
10 May 2011
In collaboration with the Fondation pour la Nature et l’Homme, Greenpeace and Deep Sea Conservation Coalition Such are (…)
21 January 2011
21 January 2011
BLOOM is a member of the Ocean2012 Coalition, which has published a note on engine modernisation
02 January 2011
02 January 2011
Since 2010, BLOOM has been a member of the scientific advisory board of the “Paris Montagne” festival of the Ecole (…)
03 December 2010
03 December 2010
Ever since 2006, Bloom has offered conferences and lectures for the general public, children and students, as well as training (…)
02 November 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 (…)
14 October 2010
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 (…)
09 July 2010
09 July 2010
The NGOs are finally resigning from a post-“Deep-sea Mission” consultation mission where the lobbies have misled the NGOs with (…)
20 April 2010
20 April 2010
Fewer than 300 boats in the world are destroying the deep sea, the largest reservoir of biodiversity on Earth. They (…)
31 January 2010
31 January 2010
During the period of public involvement around the MSC certification of sardine purse Seine fisheries in South Brittany, NGOs (…)
05 January 2010
05 January 2010
NGOs and small-scale fishing groups have submitted a joint objection to the MSC certification of sardine fishery using a specific (…)
03 January 2010
03 January 2010
2010. Conception d’un parcours-jeu gratuit pour l’exposition ABYSSES du Havre.
31 December 2009
31 December 2009
BLOOM and the WWF created an NGO platform which assumed its full potential during the 2009 “Grenelle de la (…)
01 December 2009
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 (…)
30 November 2009
30 November 2009
The Yellow Book was a joint response from the NGOs to the European consultation (Green Paper) on the Common Fisheries (…)
01 June 2009
01 June 2009
“The Shark Squad” is a detective play for children, which addresses problems of overfishing, damaged ecosystems, unsustainable consumption habits, the (…)
31 January 2009
31 January 2009
This project, which has since become law, was intended to strengthen EU control within the Common Fisheries Policy. BLOOM (…)
20 January 2009
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 (…)
03 January 2009
03 January 2009
THE DEEP exhibition gains an educational section on shark extinctions and deep-sea bottom trawling, curtesy of Bloom.
01 October 2008
01 October 2008
A didactic, 26-pages-long booklet on the marin environment has been distributed to 60 000 students in Hong Kong.
03 September 2008
03 September 2008
Animation informatique interactive en temps réel des fonds océaniques développée avec l’artiste Renaud Chabrier (cible : enfants de 9 à14 (…)
25 April 2008
25 April 2008
Official visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Monaco Your Highness, Mr. President, distinguished Ministers, ladies and gentlemen, I’ll begin (…)
20 December 2005
20 December 2005
Depuis 2005 – Marraine du projet Générations Océans et de la Semaine de la Mer
22 October 2000
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…”
22 October 2000
22 October 2000
22 October 2000
22 October 2000
“Imagine this: what if you had a little house on a large plot of wild, beautiful untouched woods…”
21 October 2000
21 October 2000
“We are all creatures of the ocean! without it we are nothing!”
20 October 2000
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…”
20 October 2000
20 October 2000
“I want to salute the European Union for their role in eventually banning all deep water trawling…”
20 October 2000
20 October 2000
19 October 2000
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…”
19 October 2000
19 October 2000
18 October 2000
18 October 2000
17 October 2000
17 October 2000
“European fleets fishing in deep waters are among the largest in the world.”
15 October 2000
15 October 2000
Deep-sea bottom trawling is a scandal! I support BLOOM in their effort to stop this aberration!
13 October 2000
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…”
12 October 2000
12 October 2000
11 October 2000
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?”
11 October 2000
11 October 2000
“Deep-sea bottom trawling, a headlong rush into destructive madness…”
11 October 2000
11 October 2000
“The Dee Sea remain the last place on Earth with no protection whatsoever. ..”
11 October 2000
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”…”
11 October 2000
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…”
10 October 2000
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.”
10 October 2000
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…”
10 October 2000
10 October 2000
“I want to encourage the EU Parliament to pass the controls over bottom trawling…”
10 October 2000
10 October 2000
10 October 2000
10 October 2000
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…”
10 October 2000
10 October 2000
“Fish that inhabit the oceans are like bees: they are the sentinels of the state of the planet…”
10 October 2000
10 October 2000
“To continue fishing in the Deep Sea means to remove the cradle of life on the surface!…”
10 October 2000
10 October 2000
“Scraping the ocean floor and catching all the fauna is not fishing, it is a massacre…”
10 October 2000
10 October 2000
“Against all odds, we found that the subtle intimacy of the Deep were the setting for an unlikely fauna…”
10 October 2000
10 October 2000
“The biodiversity of the Deep Sea is a common treasure, it is urgent to stop the massacre.”
06 October 2000
06 October 2000
“It is vital to stop deep-sea bottom trawling because it means the preservation of life itslef…”
05 October 2000
05 October 2000
“Deep-sea fishing is harms ourselves as well as the generations to come…”
05 October 2000
05 October 2000
“Deep sea marine life must be protected from fishing and other human activity…”
05 October 2000
05 October 2000
” All of us are really concerned about environmental issues when we can see them and sea’problems are often hard (…)
05 October 2000
05 October 2000
“The deep oceans are still largely unknown and remain, in many ways, quite mysterious to us…”
05 October 2000
05 October 2000
05 October 2000
05 October 2000
05 October 2000
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?”
05 October 2000
05 October 2000
“Until where will we go into the destruction? This aberration must stop, and fast. We should all support BLOOM Association.”
05 October 2000
05 October 2000
“Bottom trawling is a “crime” hidden away from public view… “
05 October 2000
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.”
04 October 2000
04 October 2000
“Beyond the intolerable massacre of biodiversity, the authorization of deep-sea trawling will raise radioactive residues…”
02 October 2000
02 October 2000
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…”
01 October 2000
01 October 2000
“”The ocean is my second home. The destruction of this paradise is unthinkable…”
01 October 2000
01 October 2000
01 October 2000
01 October 2000
01 October 2000
01 October 2000
01 October 2000
“With the method of trawling, not only wildlife are affected but habitats are generally often destroyed after the passage of trawlers.”
01 October 2000
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…”
01 October 2000
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…”
01 October 2000
01 October 2000
01 October 2000
01 October 2000
“A huge variety of fascinating life forms exist in the deep sea, not just corals and sponges…”
01 October 2000
01 October 2000
“The deep sea is an ancient environment, essentially unchanged for more than 20 million years…”
