On Board the Marviva Med 2008

On Board the Marviva Med 2008

A six-month expedition that documented IUU and destructful fishing and marine habitats in the Mediterranean

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Overview

 

 

Carried out in collaboration with the MarViva Foundation, the Marviva Med expedition documented illegal fishing of the severely overfished bluefin tuna, the impact of bottom trawling and driftnets on marine ecosystems and to identify marine areas that need protection in the Mediterranean.

Oceana recorded powerful images of bluefin tuna fattening pens and documented purse seiners illegally using spotter planes. The expedition also verified that the French vessels caught in 2007 for using driftnets to catch immature bluefin tuna were no longer using the gear and exposed that Italian driftnetters using these banned nets.

As a result of work done on and following the expedition, the European Union ended the bluefin tuna fishing season several weeks early for most of the Mediterranean’s purse seine fleet, a move which saved up to 100,000 bluefin in 2008 alone. For the first time, the Spanish Parliament considered creating a bluefin tuna reserve south of the Balearic Islands, a critical spawning area for the fish.

Diaries

September 26, 2008

Last days of the campaign

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September 25, 2008

September 22-25

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September 18, 2008

September 18, 2008

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September 17, 2008

September 17, 2008

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September 16, 2008

September 16, 2008

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September 13, 2008

September 13, 2008

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September 12, 2008

Menorca

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September 8, 2008

September 8, 2008

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September 5, 2008

Cape Bajolí and Marine Reserve of Northern Menorca

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September 4, 2008

September 3-4, 2008

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August 29, 2008

Last days in Italy

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August 25, 2008

documenting the “Secca del Capo” bottom

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August 22, 2008

Capo de Santa María di Leuca

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August 20, 2008

Arrival at the Bari coast

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August 15, 2008

His name is ROVERTO and he has bought a chalet

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August 11, 2008

Interview with María José Cornax August 11, 2008

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August 9, 2008

Island of Patmos

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August 8, 2008

Interview with Patricia Lastra

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August 6, 2008

Ctenophore soup and fishermen at dawn

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August 4, 2008

In Greek waters

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July 30, 2008

A place to return to…

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July 29, 2008

Reflections — Preparing to Depart

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July 23, 2008

Traditional “Felucca” Fishing Boats of Sicily

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July 22, 2008

The Once Glorious Swordfish

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July 21, 2008

Fishing Nets for purseiners and bottom trammel

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July 20, 2008

Tuna Cages Bay of Milazzo, Sicily, Italy

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July 19, 2008

Sea Mount — Seca Del Capo

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July 18, 2008

Vanishing into the Darkness — A 4am Expedition

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July 17, 2008

Driftnet Fishing Boats Harbored in Lipari Island, Italy

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July 16, 2008

Painting With The Moon

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July 15, 2008

Diving in the Tyrrhenian Sea

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July 14, 2008

Barely Visible — Collecting Samples

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July 13, 2008

Sampling for Tuna Larvae

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July 12, 2008

A Walk Through Napoli, Italy

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July 11, 2008

Industrial Lego’s — A Shipping Container Harbor in Napoli, Italy

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July 10, 2008

Arriving in Napoli, Italy

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July 9, 2008

Discovering Marine Life

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July 8, 2008

Diving Isola Di Ponza

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July 7, 2008

Masking Illegal Fishing — Covering Drift Nets

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July 6, 2008

Exploring Sardinia’s Marine Life

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July 5, 2008

Sardinia — Looking for Illegal Driftnet Fishing Boats

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July 4, 2008

A Wall of Death in the Mediterranean

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July 3, 2008

15 hours of sunlight (6am – 9pm)

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July 1, 2008

Dolphins

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June 30, 2008

Tunisia Navy Boards Our The Oceana Marviva Med

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June 29, 2008

Por fin España es Campeona!!!!

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June 28, 2008

The use of Driftnets to catch fish is ILLEGAL!

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June 27, 2008

An Everyday Fish Market

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June 26, 2008

Rays of Light — Underwater Gozo and Malta

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June 25, 2008

Dive Sites Malta & Gozo

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June 24, 2008

Gozo Island – A little Island of Beauty and Mysticism

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June 23, 2008

Could this be one of the last Atlantic Bluefin Tuna?

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June 22, 2008

June 22, 2008

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June 20, 2008

June 17 – 20, 2008

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June 16, 2008

The Fishing Season is Now Closed

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June 10, 2008

Isla Pantellería . ¡Buen buceo! – Good Dive!

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June 9, 2008

Isla Pantellería

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June 8, 2008

A Nautical Mile

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June 7, 2008

Rough Seas Make Good Sailors

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June 6, 2008

The Med

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June 5, 2008

A Visit to Palma de Mallorca Aquarium

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June 4, 2008

The Story of the Tuna Cage Continued

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June 3, 2008

Twenty-Eight Fishing Boats the Balearic Sea and The Giant Bluefin Tuna

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June 1, 2008

Anchored and waiting

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May 31, 2008

Bonding with the sea

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May 30, 2008

Waiting

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May 29, 2008

The Four French Purseiners Depart Ibiza Harbour

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May 28, 2008

We Wait…

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May 27, 2008

The Harbour of Ibiza, Spain

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May 26, 2008

The Yellow RIB

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May 25, 2008

A Fisherman’s catch — One Bluefin Tuna

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May 24, 2008

May, 24 2008

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The Crew

Carlos Minguell Baños

Underwater Photography

Marta Sales

Marine Scientist

Miquell Moll

ROV Technican

Rebecca Greenberg

Marine Scientist

Camilo Bacolod

Cook's Assistant

Ana de la Torriente

Marine Scientist

José Cortez

Cook

Patricia Lastra

Marine Scientist

Ray Granada

Deckhand

Carlos Pérez

Logistics Coordinator

Jhun Bauno

Deckhand

Jesús Ávila

Deckhand

Edmun Pantojan

Electrician

Ramil Llera

Second Engineer

Sigitas Varnickis

Chief Engineer

Kumar Sobti

Chief Engineer

Joaquin Española

Second Mate

Alberto Iglesias

Safety Diver

Daniel Rodríguez

Underwater Photographer

Keith Ellenbogen

Underwater Photographer

Maribel López Carmona

Manager

CONCHA MARTÍNEZ

Diver, Communications (Spain)

Xavier Pastor

Coordinator of the Expedition

LOLA VILLAREJO

Diver (Spain)

CÉSAR FUERTES

Deckhand (Spain)

JOAN PUIG DE FABREGAS

ROV Technician

MANUEL GALLEGOS

ROV's Technician (Spain)

JOSIANE DALCOURT

Diving Team Coordinator (Canada)

BARTOMEU BORDOY

ROV's Technician (Spain)

Eduardo de Ana

Support Staff at Gulf of Cadiz (Spain)

THIERRY LANNOY

Diving Team Coordinator (France)

GORKA LECLERCQ

Underwater videographer (Spain)

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