Article | March 20, 2012 - 4:30pm
Now is the time is tighten pressure and work with Somalis when it comes to the piracy occurring in the Horn of Africa, Operation commander of the EU Naval Force Admiral Duncan Potts said on 20 March at a subcommittee on security and defence.
Article | March 9, 2012 - 12:18pm
Hong Kong Airlines has issued an immediate ban on all their flights from carrying any protected and endangered species.
Article | March 9, 2012 - 12:06pm
The Japanese whaling fleet has returned home early thanks to the efforts of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
Article | March 6, 2012 - 11:41am
The International Maritime Organization met in London to discuss tackling emissions but could not make any "tangible progress".
Article | February 22, 2012 - 2:27pm
New Europe caught up with Captain Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and the Co-Founding Director of Greenpeace Foundation, to discuss marine conservation and EU fishing policy.
Article | February 13, 2012 - 3:35pm
The European Commission has called for more funds and better regulation for sustainable job sectors, in adopting a new strategy for a sustainable European bio-economy on 13 February.
Article | February 2, 2012 - 4:28pm
The EU must take responsibility for failing to protect human rights and international law in territory illegally occupied by Morocco, Norbert Neuser, president of the Intergroup Western Sahara in the European Parliament, has said. In any new EU-Morocco Fisheries arrangement, Parliament will insist that the rights of Saharawi people must be...
Article | February 2, 2012 - 4:13pm
A renewal of an EU-Morocco fisheries agreement without exclusion of Western Sahara waters could necessitate consideration by the POLISARIO Front, a rebel movement working for Western Sahara’s independence from Morocco, of further legal avenues in order to protect the Saharawi people, said Mohamed Sidati, minister and representative of the...
Article | February 1, 2012 - 5:37pm
Sustainable development emphasises a holistic, equitable and far-sighted approach to decision-making at all levels and the concept of a 'green economy' focuses primarily on the intersection between environment and economy - healthy seas and coasts, it is felt, would pay large dividends in a green economy.
Article | January 26, 2012 - 5:21pm
The European Commission has asked the United Kingdom to adopt national legislation to implement the new safety rules and standards for passenger ships to comply with EU law.
Article | January 20, 2012 - 12:48pm
On 19 January, the European Commission launched an online public consultation on possible measures to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from ships, which will last until 12 April.
Article | January 19, 2012 - 10:46am
International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has called for a thorough investigation into the weekend luxury cruise-ship disaster off the coast of Italy.
