Europeâs Appetite for Seafood Propels Illegal Trade
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Europeâs dinner tables are increasingly supplied by global fishing fleets, which are depleting the worldâs oceans to feed ravenous consumers.
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Near death after days at sea, the African illegal immigrants had made it to Europe, but were too weak to step down the ship's gangplank. The scene last week was appalling but familiar &#151; more emaciated arrivals among the thousands risking death to reach Italy's lengthy coastline and, from there, prosperity in Europe.
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OOSTDUINKERKE, Belgium  - As dying trades go, Belgium's horseback shrimp fishery must be among the most arcane and outdated.
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Tuna fish stocks in the Mediterranean are in danger of being wiped out due to overfishing, a green group said on Tuesday, calling for a halt in EU subsidies and tougher rules to halt illegal fishing.
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Oysters are FranceÂs sacred fruit, but a pollution alert this summer reminded all of France just how fragile its oyster supply is.
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Starting April 4, large supermarket chains must label the country of origin for all the unprocessed seafood they sell.
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SANTIAGO, Feb 9 (IPS) - Tensions are rising between Chile and the European   Union (EU) in the dispute that has erupted over new barriers to  imports of  Chilean salmon.
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An Adriatic fishing zone off Croatia prompts EU warnings of negative consequences.
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The UK presses the EU for action to stop overfishing of bluefin tuna, which campaigners say is being fuelled by demand for sushi.
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Why trawl through a sweaty illegal wildlife market in Asia when you can shop for rare animals and exotic plants on the Internet?
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ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP) - Two Portuguese fishing vessels accused of illegal fishing off the East Coast are unlikely to face prosecution in their home countries, based on initial reports by European Union inspectors.
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By TERRI THEODORE  VANCOUVER (CP) - Canadian environmentalists and aboriginal people have travelled to Norway to accuse one of the world's largest seafood companies of being more careful about the way it farms fish at home than it does in Canada.
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Shipped halfway across the world to Asia as a seafood delicacy, abalone has become a prized commodity for South African entrepreneurs as well as criminals who have poached the mollusc almost to extinction.
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SCOTLANDâS beleaguered white-fish fleet was last night facing another end-of-year battle for economic survival in the face of a European Commission demand for trawling to be outlawed in more than 10,000 square miles of the North Sea and west-coast waters
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Because of tight regulations enacted by the European Union in 1994, proper waste disposal  has become prohibitively expensive. Enter the black-market trash brokers, who have taken to "port hopping" - moving toxic rubbish along the line of least resistance to underregulated areas in Africa or Asia.
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Business & money: Mounting US crackdown on foreign companies doing business with Iran provoke opposition in Europe.
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Iceland is to begin exporting whalemeat, which campaigners say breaches wildlife trading rules.