Media Coverage and Press Releases

L'Europe nous enlève le poisson de la bouche. De André Linard. Syfia / BULLETIN n°110, 1 mars 1998 SYF_1998-03_FR.pdf
Morocco's Fish Stock: Dangerous decline. The North Africa Journal. Paper Series – Weekly Service, Issue 28 – 16 May 1998 NAJ_1998-05_EN.pdf
Under threat from the super-net. By Lesa Griffith. WWF International / Newsroom / Features. December 1998 WWF_1998-12_EN.pdf
La menace des superchalutiers. By Lesa Griffith. WWF International / Newsroom / Features. Décembre 1998 WWF_1998-12_FR.pdf
Pêche aux devises en Mauritanie. De Mamadou Bineta. Syfia / BULLETIN n°121, 1 février 1999 SYF_1999-02_FR.pdf
Morocco: Wriggling free from the hook of a new fish deal. By Mark Huband. The Financial Times, Survey, Country Briefs, Morocco. December 1999 TFT_1999-12_EN.pdf
Les petits pêcheurs ne parleront pas d'une seule voix. De René Delpierre. Syfia / BULLETIN n°142, 1 novembre 2000 SYF_2000-11_FR.pdf
West Africa puts EU to shame. WWF Endangered Seas Programme / Newsroom / Press Release. 13 March 2001 WWF_2001-03a_EN.pdf
Three West African nations take action to halt declining fish stocks. Edie Weekly Summaries 16 March 2001 EDI_2001-03_EN.pdf
Damning picture of EU fishing policy. WWF European Policy Office / Newsroom. 20 March 2001 WWF_2001-03b_EN.pdf
Catch all. By Fred Pearce. New Scientist / News. 28 March 2001 NSC_2001-03_EN.pdf
News from the Sahelian upwelling marine ecoregion. WWF Africa Programme / Newsroom. 2 April 2001 WWF_2001-04a_EN.pdf
EU bid for Senegalese fisheries alarms WWF. By Leigh-Ann Hurt. WWF Endangered Seas Programme / Newsroom / Press Release. 10 April, 2001 WWF_2001-04b_EN.pdf
Renewal of Fisheries Protocol between EU and Guinea Bissau. European Commission / Press releases. 31 May 2001 EC__2001-05_EN.pdf
Renouvellement du protocole annexé à l'accord de pêche conclu entre l'UE et la Guinée-Bissau. Commission européenne / Communiqués de presse. 31 mai 2001 EC__2001-05_FR.pdf
Accords de pêche équitables compatibles avec une exploitation durable des ressources halieutiques. WWF Africa Programme / Newsroom. 28 juin 2001 WWF_2001-06_FR.pdf
Fisheries caught in a cycle of destruction. By Fred Pearce. WWF International / Newsroom / Feature. July 2001 WWF_2001-07_EN.pdf
La Mauritanie vole au secours du Banc d’Arguin. De Boubacar Sylla. Syfia / BULLETIN n°7, 1 août 2001 SYF_2001-08_FR.pdf
The battle for West Africa's fish. BBC News / AFRICA. 1 August 2001 BBC_2001-08_EN.pdf
The European Union renews agreement to buy West African fish. EuropaWorld. 2 August 2001 EWD_2001-08_EN.pdf
Europe – Afrique : le poisson des autres. De André Linard. Syfia / BULLETIN n°9, 1 octobre 2001 SYF_2001-10_FR.pdf
EU Renews fisheries protocol with Gabon and the Seychelles. EU-LDC Network / News. 3 October 2001 ELN_2001-10_EN.pdf
Pirate vessels fish out African resources for the European market. Greenpeace / Oceans Press Releases. 3 October 2001 GRP_2001-10_EN.pdf
European Union ministers discuss funding of pirate fishing. Greenpeace / Oceans Press Releases. 27 November 2001 GRP_2001-11_EN.pdf
EU and Senegal fail to agree on fishing rights. By William Wallis. The Financial Times, News. 4 January 2002 TFT_2002-01_EN.pdf
EU states lose West African fishing rights. IntraFish / News. 7 January 2002 IFI_2002-01a_EN.pdf
Environmental group hits out at 'wasteful' EU fisheries policy. IntraFish / News. 7 January 2002 IFI_2002-01b_EN.pdf
Stop overfishing or fishing will be over. By Simon Cripps. WWF International / Newsroom / Feature. January 2002 WWF_2002-01a_EN.pdf
Europe's fishing madness must stop. WWF UK / News. 23 January 2002 WWF_2002-01b_EN.pdf
EU fishing fleets devastate third world. World's poorest countries sell off fishing rights for agreements that ruin resources. By The Guardian Unlimited. WorldCatch News Network. 18 March 2002 WCN_2002-03_EN.pdf
Environment, Fish Brought to the World's Trading Table. Environment News Service. 19 March 2002 ENS_2002-03_EN.pdf
Italy : one third of EU fishing subsidies not sustainable . WWF Mediterranean Programme / Newsroom. 26 March, 2002 WWF_2002-03_EN.pdf
New FAO project to tackle illegal fishing. UN Integrated Regional Information Networks. 10 April 2002 RIN_2002-04_EN.pdf
EU postpones announcement of plan to cut fishing fleets. EU spokesperson denies charge that delay is political. By Associated Press. WorldCatch News Network. 23 April 2002 WCN_2002-04_EN.pdf
Europe clamps down on fishing. By Andrew Osborn and Paul Brown. Guardian Unlimited / Special reports / 29 May 2002 GUA_2002-05_EN.pdf

9 September 2002
Africa's Lost Fish (HTML)

Newsweek

24 July
La pesca destruye la relación entre la especies (PDF)

Transcript of interview with Daniel Pauly by El Pais

13 July 2002
West Africa's fish stocks collapse (PDF)

New Scientist

9 July 2002
Fisheries in trouble (PDF)

European Policy Centre

3 July 2002
West African Fish Stocks Halved by Foreign Fleets (PDF)

ENS News

1 July 2002
Surexploitation de nos ressources halieutiques (PDF)

Le Soleil

1 July 2002
Surexploitation de nos ressources halieutiques (HTML)
Des experts sonnent l’alerte

Le Soleil

Thursday, 27 June, 2002, 11:31 GMT 12:31 UK
Senegal agrees EU fishing deal

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BBC NEWS On-line

27 June 2002
The European Union must prevent a catastrophic collapse of West African fish stocks (PDF)

World Wildlife Fund

25 June 2002
Pêches maritimes, écosystemes et sociétés: le poids d'un demi-siècle de changements (PDF)

Le Soleil

Aberdeen, Scotland, 27.06.2002 07:00 EU - Senegal
New EU -Senegal fisheries agreement signed

 

24 June 2002, Dakar Senegal
State of the Northwest African marine fisheries resources

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16 June 2002
Marine Protected Areas (HTML)

Transcript of interview with Daniel Pauly by Earth & Sky

15 June 2002
Marine Biomass (HTML)

Transcript of interview with Daniel Pauly by Earth & Sky

 

           
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