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Illegal Driftnetting in the Mediterranean

Abstract
This report explores the environmental impacts caused by the continued use of driftnets to catch swordfish and tuna in the Mediterranean this is despite of the EU fisheries ministers passing legislation that
brought about a total ban on the use of driftnets by EU vessels in the Mediterranean (and northeast Atlantic Ocean).
Author/s
EJF
Publisher/s
Environmental Justice Foundation
Publication Year
2007