Environmental Justice Foundation

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

An investigation by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has uncovered extensive evidence of illegal shark finning linked to distant-water tuna vessels operating through the port of Dakar, Senegal, raising fresh concerns over fisheries oversight and the integrity of global seafood…

16th July 2026

WATCH: EJF exposes illegal shark finning

16th July 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fifteen governments from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe and the Pacific have adopted the Mombasa Declaration, committing to improve fisheries transparency and strengthen efforts to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

18th June 2026

Nations back fisheries transparency push

18th June 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new report by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has revealed the continued scale of illegal bycatch taken by Ghana’s industrial trawl fleet, warning that the practice is driving fish stock collapse,…

4th February 2026

EJF exposes Ghanaian fishing crisis

4th February 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Vast areas of the world’s oceans remain effectively unmonitored, allowing illegal fishing and serious human rights abuses to persist beyond public scrutiny, according to a new report from the Environmental Justice Foundation…

28th January 2026

Make crime at sea harder: EJF urges fleet-wide CCTV

28th January 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Union’s failure to properly enforce its own fishing regulations is allowing seafood linked to illegal fishing, environmental destruction and human rights abuses to enter the market, according to a new…

30th October 2025

European Union failing to stop illegal seafood, warns IUU Fishing Coalition

30th October 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

British consumers may be unwittingly purchasing seafood linked to illegal fishing practices and severe human rights abuses, according to a damning new report and film by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) and…

5th September 2025

WATCH: UK seafood linked to slavery

5th September 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Ghana’s president has given full assent to the country’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill, a move hailed as a historic moment by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF).

28th August 2025

Ghana passes landmark fisheries law

28th August 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Sustainable fisheries partnership agreements (SFPA) must urgently evolve to meet the European Union’s sustainability and human rights goals, warns a new report.

2nd July 2025

EU fisheries deals need reform, says IUU Fishing Coalition

2nd July 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Senior ministers from France, Ghana, Maldives, Liberia, Panama and the European Commission have pledged strong support for transparency in beneficial ownership of fishing vessels, during an event hosted by the Environmental Justice…

16th June 2025

Nations unite for ocean transparency

16th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Rampant overfishing and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Senegal are driving a humanitarian crisis, according to a new report and film by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF).

19th May 2025

WATCH: Overfishing fuels deadly migration crisis

19th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has developed a new toolkit to support the sustainable management of small-scale fisheries in Senegal.

20th September 2024

EJF toolkit empowers Senegal’s fishers

20th September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Environmental Justice Foundation has joined 75 other organisations to urge the European Parliament to adopt regulation prohibiting products made through forced labour entering the EU market.

22nd April 2024

Brussels urged to adopt forced labour law

22nd April 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The decision by Mediterranean states to create a sanction system that will empower the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) to take action against countries which continue overfishing or illegal fishing…

13th November 2023

NGOs welcome Mediterranean fisheries sanctions system

13th November 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

When Thai authorities prohibited the landing of more than $7 million worth of tuna from the South Korean fish carrier Sun Flower 7, they were working with data that came from New…

28th June 2023

Maritime intelligence identifies potential illegal fishing

28th June 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A form of illegal bottom trawling is causing severe environmental and economic damage to the Gulf of Gabès in Tunisia, according to a new report from the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) and…

7th April 2023

Report: Kiss trawling destroying livelihoods

7th April 2023