EU fishery commissioner Maria Damanaki insisted for a determined position of Europe within the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) going to decide on tuna catch quota by November 27. But she has been stopped by the fishery ministers of Spain, France, Italy and Malta (and by the cowardliness of the fishery ministers of the rest of the EU member states).
Background information:
Message of the Swedish Fish Secretariat
ICCAT website
Article in the German «Spiegel»
fish-facts on Tuna (in German)
Letter of protest
to the fishery ministers of Spain, France, Italy and Malta??
Dear Ministers
We are deeply disappointed - indeed enraged - by the fact that you thwarted EU commissioner Maria Damanakis attempt to force the EU to finally meet its legal obligation to preserve the Bluefin tuna stocks. Consequently, Mrs Damanaki insisted on a determined position of Europe within the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), when the decision on tuna catch quota is made by November 27. ??
It is mainly due to your unbelievable and shocking shortsightedness that the voice of the EU within the ICCAT conference has been made to sound ridiculous, and that the EU has caved in to the demands of one of the least principled sectors of the fishing industry. Because of your perverse attitude, it is now likely that ICCAT will decide on a quota which is much too high, thus pushing the Bluefin tuna ever closer to extinction.??
While you claim to be helping the fishermen of your own countries, the fact is that you are curtailing their future economic viability, as the depletion of one of the formerly dominant predator species destabilises the entire marine food chain. In addition, your are damaging your national tourism sectors, firstly by staining the reputation of your countries and secondly by enhancing the plague of jellyfish along your beaches, as the tuna would serve to keep the jellyfish population under control.??
Shame on you, shame on your government and shame on those EU member states who were spineless enough to let you act in such a foolhardy fashion.??
Yours, in frustration and anger,
fair-fish association
Billo Heinzpeter Studer, President, fair-fish International |
CH-8408 Winterthur |
Irmgard Algader, Board member, fair-fish International |
A-8045 Graz |
Oliver Seeger, President, fair-fish Switzerland |
CH-8400 Winterthur |
Marco Eberli, Board member, fair-fish Switzerland |
CH-8902 Urdorf |
Julie Roxburgh, Shelfish Network |
UK-Woking, Surrey |
Dos Winkel, Founder, Sea First Foundation |
B-2900 Schoten |
Jürgen Maier, Director, Forum Umwelt & Entwicklung |
D-10117 Berlin |
Annette Maria Forster, Secretary, Aktion Kirche und Tiere |
CH-6372 Ennetmoos |
Kai Pulfer, Founder, Filme für die Erde |
CH-8400 Winterthur |
Dora Hardegger, President, Animal Life |
CH-8049 Zürich |
Dominic Ziegler, environmental officer, Aware Foundation |
CH-8442 Hettlingen |
Mariska Przyklenk, Marketing Manager Fish, Transfair |
D-50259 Pulheim |
Andreas Krebs |
CH |
Christof Litz |
CH-8037 Zürich |
Julia Brandstetter |
A-Amstetten |
Rolf Isenschmid |
CH-8162 Steinmaur |
Rudolf Weiler |
CH-8712 Stäfa |
Bernd-Wolfgang Meyer |
D-Berlin |
Heinrich Sidler |
CH-8606 Greifensee |
Hanspeter Kunz |
CH-8926 Uerzlikon |
Vera Koller |
CH-8038 Zürich |
Hannes Bracher |
CH-3084 Wabern |
Bernhard Sartorius |
CH-8845 Studen |
Ursula Brotbeck |
CH-3272 Walperswil |
Stefan Dürr |
CH-8864 Reichenburg |
Claudia Barfuss |
CH-5064 Wittnau |
Kamillo Weiss |
D-70771 Leinfelden-E. |
Cornelia Kempkes-Büchi |
CH-8915 Hausen am Albis |
Jan-Uwe Heckel |
D-31515 Wunstorf |
Priska Rufli |
CH-8044 Zürich |
Jürg Brunnschweiler |
CH-8038 Zürich |
Marion Grossmann |
D-22763 Hamburg |
Dr. Jakob Walter |
CH-8212 Neuhausen |
Judith Bellwald |
CH-8810 Horgen |
Annemarie Meier-Sollberger |
CH-5415 Nussbaumen |
Guenter Seefried |
Diani Beach, Kenya |
Andrea Martina Graf |
CH-9000 St. Gallen |
Max Graf-Siebenmann |
CH-9000 St. Gallen |
Lotti Graf-Siebenmann |
CH-9000 St. Gallen |
Martin Schneider |
CH-3293 Dotzigen |
Regula Horner |
CH-8006 Zürich |
Zora Otter |
CH-4058 Basel |
Daniel Frey |
CH-4665 Oftringen-Süd |
Birgit Heis |
A-6020 Innsbruck |
Ursula Weber |
CH-8570 Weinfelden |
Monika Röthlisberger |
CH-5012 Schönenwerd |
Anne-Regula Keller |
CH-4500 Solothurn |
Ursula Widmer |
CH-4056 Basel |
Christine Weibel |
CH-9000 St. Gallen |
Heinz Stucky |
CH-8603 Schwerzenbach |
Simon Thomas |
UK-Oswaldtwistle, Lanc. |
Andreas und Helene Graber-Arnold |
CH-6330 Cham |
Jürg Keller |
CH-8461 Oerlingen |
Maya Käser |
CH-8049 Zürich |
Kurt Sperisen |
CH-8700 Küsnacht |
Bettina Bertschi Jadama |
CH-8404 Winterthur |
Silvia Scherz |
CH-8047 Zürich |
Ingrid Sauer |
D-81375 München |
Hedi Lehmann |
CH-8038 Zürich |
Carmen Schlumpf |
CH-8755 Ennenda |
Andrea Weiss, dipl. bio |
D-69120 Heidelberg |
Gabriele Zimmermann |
CH-8593 Kesswil |
Angelika Wohlfarth |
D-81377 München |
Andrea Priller |
D-81927 München |
Daniela Koetzsch |
D-32584 Löhne |
Sara Janner |
CH-4054 Basel |
Rita und Hans-Henning Kleb |
D-76063 Ludwigshafen |
M. Ruckerbauer |
D |
Christiane Bernhardt |
D-10711 Berlin |
Melina Tensen |
NL-Delden |
Franz Blöchlinger |
CH-9000 St. Gallen |
Verena Stirnemann |
CH-8606 Nänikon |
Mercedes Pajares |
CH-5462 Siglistorf |
Lukas Baumann, Pfarrer |
CH-4467 Rothenfluh |
Cornelia Beck Schneebeli |
CH-8913 Ottenbach |
Ulrike Gonder, dipl. oec. troph. |
D-65510 Hünstetten |
Barbara Durrer |
CH-9300 Wittenbach |
Leonie Umbach |
D-10823 Berlin |
Sebastian Weber |
D-30499 Hannover |
Claudia Nothelfer |
CH-5105 Auenstein |
Marcel Müller |
CH-8447 Dachsen |
Christine Kühn |
CH-8400 Winterthur |
Blanca Wittkowski |
D- 47506 Neukirchen-Vluyn |
Katrin und Martin Jäggi |
CH-3006 Bern |
Astrid Suchanek |
D-68161 Mannheim |
Stefan Hilbrand |
CH-8032 Zürich |
Stephanie Johanna Goldbach |
D-10629 Berlin |
Vanessa Gerritsen |
CH-5057 Reitnau |
Daniel Nägeli |
CH-8308 Illnau |
Claudia Walder |
CH-8863 Buttikon |
Galina Heuer |
D-Hamburg |
Stefan Merten |
D- 60528 Frankfurt/M. |
Roger Wehrli |
CH-5400 Baden |
Tobias O. Goldbach |
D-36145 Hofbieber |
Angelika Brosin |
D-12167 Berlin |
Bettina Roeder |
D-Mannheim |
Hans Immerz |
D-Mindelheim |
Nils von Schönhueb |
D-10317 Berlin |
Regina Dasch |
D-Tübingen |
Volkmar Müller |
D-08485 Lengenfeld |
Christa Ebner |
D-75233 Tiefenbronn |
Rainer Fritsche |
D-Wernigerode |
Christine Ledermann |
D-40215 Düsseldorf |
Sven Koschinski, dipl. biol. |
D-24326 Nehmten |
Matthias Kropp |
D-88273 Fronreute-Staig |
Marie-Rose Grasser |
Luxembourg |
Barbara Sonnleitner |
D-87700 Memmingen |
Rosi Zang |
D-63814 Mainaschaff |
Kerstin Dietholm |
D |
Ruth und Urs Moser |
P-Porto Santo |
Rainer Geiges |
D-79286 Glottertal |
Claudia Silvany Vogt |
CH-7223 Buchen |
Heike Hansen-Schiemann |
D-Mülheim |
Roswitha und Peter Labes |
D-40878 Ratingen |
Lucia Tieni |
CH-3014 Bern |
José Barreira |
CH |
Sara Zbinden |
CH |
Birgit Beciri |
D-63067 Offenbach |
Sabrina Pfeffer |
D-72181 Starzach |
Dr. Martin Reifinger |
A-2114 Weinsteig |
Annabeth Scheuber |
CH-5034 Suhr |
Ursula Hempel |
D-66123 Saarbrücken |
Susanne Häger |
D-32689 Kalletal |
Ruth Mittag |
D |
Annette Bader |
D-40670 Meerbusch |
Jeanine Häberlin |
CH-8586 Erlen |
Dieter Weik |
CH-Bern |
Marcel Mach |
CH-8005 Zürich |
Thomas Schiess |
CH-9320 Arbon |
Barbara Schibler |
CH-St. Gallen |
Sandra Leserf |
CH-8590 Romanshorn |
Dr. Kurt-Peter Merk, PD |
D-80331 München |
Myriam Gösi |
CH-3008 Bern |
Stephanie Bufe |
D-02906 Niesky |
Annemarie Möller |
D-24113 Kiel |
Helgard Böhme |
D-68161 Mannheim |
Wulf Walther |
D-73734 Esslingen |
Claudia Fehringer |
D-40489 Düsseldorf |
Virginia and Edward Palmer |
CAN-Toronto |
Minmo Just |
CH-7000 Chur |
Gaby Nieth |
D-80807 München |
Verena Eggmann |
CH-8824 Schönenberg |
Edward Ertl |
CAN-Saint Leolin |
Tze Kan Yeo |
CAN-Toronto |
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