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Unsustainable Mackerel Fishing Prompts Dutch Advisory Against Purchase
The Dutch organization Good Fish advises against purchasing Atlantic mackerel due to overfishing resulting from a lack of international catch agreements since 2010, impacting the Dutch fishing sector and potentially removing mackerel from supermarkets.
Unsustainable Mackerel Fishing Prompts Dutch Advisory Against Purchase
The Dutch organization Good Fish advises against purchasing Atlantic mackerel due to overfishing resulting from a lack of international catch agreements since 2010, impacting the Dutch fishing sector and potentially removing mackerel from supermarkets.
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52% Bias Score
North Korean Workers Fuel China's Fishing Industry Amidst UN Sanctions
Over 100,000 North Korean workers, generating over $500 million for their regime, labor abroad despite UN sanctions, facing exploitative conditions, particularly on Chinese tuna vessels whose catch reaches European markets, as detailed in a recent Environmental Justice Foundation report.
North Korean Workers Fuel China's Fishing Industry Amidst UN Sanctions
Over 100,000 North Korean workers, generating over $500 million for their regime, labor abroad despite UN sanctions, facing exploitative conditions, particularly on Chinese tuna vessels whose catch reaches European markets, as detailed in a recent Environmental Justice Foundation report.
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56% Bias Score
Migrant Fisherman Faces Deportation Despite Exposing Modern Slavery
Vishal Sharma, a victim of modern slavery aboard a UK fishing trawler in 2017, faces deportation despite assisting police investigations, highlighting systemic failures in protecting exploited migrant workers.
Migrant Fisherman Faces Deportation Despite Exposing Modern Slavery
Vishal Sharma, a victim of modern slavery aboard a UK fishing trawler in 2017, faces deportation despite assisting police investigations, highlighting systemic failures in protecting exploited migrant workers.
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32% Bias Score
Chinese Fishing Vessels Use North Korean Forced Labor, Violating UN Sanctions
A report by the Environmental Justice Foundation reveals that between 2019 and 2024, Chinese fishing vessels used North Korean crews in the southwest Indian Ocean, violating UN sanctions and resulting in human rights abuses including forced labor and confinement at sea for up to 10 years.
Chinese Fishing Vessels Use North Korean Forced Labor, Violating UN Sanctions
A report by the Environmental Justice Foundation reveals that between 2019 and 2024, Chinese fishing vessels used North Korean crews in the southwest Indian Ocean, violating UN sanctions and resulting in human rights abuses including forced labor and confinement at sea for up to 10 years.
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32% Bias Score
Hurricane Beryl Devastates Barbados's Fishing Fleet
Hurricane Beryl, an early-forming Category 5 storm, severely damaged Barbados's fishing fleet in July 2023, destroying 88 boats and impacting 75% of the active fleet, causing significant economic losses and food insecurity, and highlighting the island's vulnerability to climate change.
Hurricane Beryl Devastates Barbados's Fishing Fleet
Hurricane Beryl, an early-forming Category 5 storm, severely damaged Barbados's fishing fleet in July 2023, destroying 88 boats and impacting 75% of the active fleet, causing significant economic losses and food insecurity, and highlighting the island's vulnerability to climate change.
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44% Bias Score
EU Fishing Proposal Sparks Outrage Among Spanish Fishermen
The European Commission's proposed 66% reduction in Mediterranean fishing days, impacting Spain most severely with a 79% cut to 27 days annually, sparked protests from Spanish fishermen who deem it unsustainable and threaten their livelihoods, causing economic ripple effects.
EU Fishing Proposal Sparks Outrage Among Spanish Fishermen
The European Commission's proposed 66% reduction in Mediterranean fishing days, impacting Spain most severely with a 79% cut to 27 days annually, sparked protests from Spanish fishermen who deem it unsustainable and threaten their livelihoods, causing economic ripple effects.
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64% Bias Score
Chilean Fishermen's Violent Protests Over Fishing Reform
Chilean artisanal fishermen are violently protesting the Senate's delay in passing a bill to redistribute fishing quotas, escalating tensions between artisanal and industrial sectors and raising concerns about corporate influence and the sustainability of the country's fisheries.
Chilean Fishermen's Violent Protests Over Fishing Reform
Chilean artisanal fishermen are violently protesting the Senate's delay in passing a bill to redistribute fishing quotas, escalating tensions between artisanal and industrial sectors and raising concerns about corporate influence and the sustainability of the country's fisheries.
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40% Bias Score
Bottom Trawling's €10.8 Billion Cost to European Society
A new study reveals bottom trawling in European waters costs society €330 million to €10.8 billion annually due to CO2 emissions from disturbed seabed sediments, exceeding economic benefits and highlighting the need for policy changes.
Bottom Trawling's €10.8 Billion Cost to European Society
A new study reveals bottom trawling in European waters costs society €330 million to €10.8 billion annually due to CO2 emissions from disturbed seabed sediments, exceeding economic benefits and highlighting the need for policy changes.
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52% Bias Score
Clearwater Seafoods' Restructuring Leads to Job Losses in Nova Scotia
Clearwater Seafoods is restructuring its Nova Scotia lobster operations, shifting to offshore harvesting and closing its Lockeport lobster processing line, resulting in approximately 72.5 job losses, and selling a lobster pound in Arichat; the company cites economic factors and aims to increase busi...
Clearwater Seafoods' Restructuring Leads to Job Losses in Nova Scotia
Clearwater Seafoods is restructuring its Nova Scotia lobster operations, shifting to offshore harvesting and closing its Lockeport lobster processing line, resulting in approximately 72.5 job losses, and selling a lobster pound in Arichat; the company cites economic factors and aims to increase busi...
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40% Bias Score
Altri's €1 Billion Lyocell Plant in Galicia: Jobs, Growth, and Environmental Concerns
Altri's nearly €1 billion lyocell plant in Galicia, Spain, promises 500 direct and 2,000 indirect jobs, boosting the regional GDP by over €300 million annually; however, environmental concerns and social criticism persist, with Altri emphasizing its sustainability and unique global production model.
Altri's €1 Billion Lyocell Plant in Galicia: Jobs, Growth, and Environmental Concerns
Altri's nearly €1 billion lyocell plant in Galicia, Spain, promises 500 direct and 2,000 indirect jobs, boosting the regional GDP by over €300 million annually; however, environmental concerns and social criticism persist, with Altri emphasizing its sustainability and unique global production model.
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52% Bias Score
Greece's Subsidized Destruction of Wooden Fishing Boats and the Fight to Preserve Shipbuilding Heritage
The Greek government's policy of subsidizing the destruction of traditional wooden fishing boats to protect fish stocks is causing a decline in wooden shipbuilding and the loss of traditional skills, despite a Greece-Norway collaboration aiming to preserve this cultural heritage through digital plat...
Greece's Subsidized Destruction of Wooden Fishing Boats and the Fight to Preserve Shipbuilding Heritage
The Greek government's policy of subsidizing the destruction of traditional wooden fishing boats to protect fish stocks is causing a decline in wooden shipbuilding and the loss of traditional skills, despite a Greece-Norway collaboration aiming to preserve this cultural heritage through digital plat...
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56% Bias Score
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