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The Spanish Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries has granted him subsidies to the value of 1,700,000 euros despite his known connections with pirate fishing, This could result in a 20 year prison sentence.
Many of the driftnetters that Oceana discovered fishing illegally had received subsidies from the EU to give up the use of this fishing method.
This is the first case of collaboration between a government research organisation, the fishing sector and a marine protection NGO.
Since it set sail from Majorca at the beginning of July, the Oceana Ranger has been patrolling Italian seas and ports to detect and denounce illegal driftnetting activities.
Some 15,000 cetaceans could die every year through the use of this fishing gear.
The Oceana Expedition has recently been filming and taking photographs of this important ecosystem in the Pacific Meso-American Biological Corridor in order to promote its protection to the highest possible level.
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