On Board the Marviva Med 2008 - Oceana Europe

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 25, 2008

September 22-25

By: Oceana Web

September 18, 2008

September 18, 2008

By: Rebecca Greenberg

September 17, 2008

September 17, 2008

By: Rebecca Greenberg

September 16, 2008

September 16, 2008

By: Ana de la Torriente

September 13, 2008

September 13, 2008

By: Daniel Rodríguez

September 12, 2008

Menorca

By: Ana de la Torriente

September 8, 2008

September 8, 2008

By: Marta Sales

September 4, 2008

September 3-4, 2008

By: Carlos Suárez

August 25, 2008

August 25, 2008

By: Carlos Minguell

August 20, 2008

August 20, 2008

By: Oceana Web

August 9, 2008

Island of Patmos

By: Concha Martínez

August 4, 2008

In Greek waters

By: Concha Martínez

July 1, 2008

Dolphins

By: Keith Ellenbogen

June 22, 2008

June 22, 2008

By: Keith Ellenbogen

June 6, 2008

The Med

By: Keith Ellenbogen

May 30, 2008

Waiting

By: Keith Ellenbogen

May 28, 2008

We Wait…

By: Keith Ellenbogen

May 26, 2008

The Yellow RIB

By: Keith Ellenbogen

May 24, 2008

May, 24 2008

By: Keith Ellenbogen

The Crew

Carlos Minguell Baños

Underwater Photography

Miquell Moll

ROV Technican

Camilo Bacolod

Cook's Assistant

José Cortez

Cook

Ray Granada

Deckhand

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

Marta Sales

Marine Scientist

Rebecca Greenberg

Marine Scientist

Ana de la Torriente

Marine Scientist

Patricia Lastra

Marine Scientist

Carlos Pérez

Logistics Coordinator

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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