29 November 2012
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 Commission on fisheries, a researcher at the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer) switched loyalties to work for the deepsea fleet of French supermarket chain Intermarché.
He thus entered into a blatant conflict of interest with his function. Such is the revelation made today by BLOOM, a French non-profit organization working to preserve deep-sea biodiversity.