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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12296

16 July 2019
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Fisheries
NGO Oceana uncovers potential cases of illegal fishing in Mediterranean
Brussels, 15/07/2019 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 15 July, the NGO Oceana revealed, by analysing satellite data, that fishing vessels operated for 28,000 hours in protected areas that are closed to fishing in the Mediterranean.

The conclusions of this analysis will be presented at the meeting of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) being held this week in Tirana, Albania. The analysis is based on the Global Fishing Watch fisheries detection algorithm and examined data covering the whole of 2018.

The...

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