End the blind spending of EU fisheries subsidies

Anastasia Miliou, Hydrobiologist & Head Scientist of Archipelagos, IMC and the OCEAN2012 coalition issued the following statement as the European Commission published its proposal for the next fisheries subsidies instrument, the European Fisheries and Maritime Fund (EFMF). “In 2008 the European Commission identified overcapacity as one of the primary drivers of overfishing, and public subsidies as

Declaration: Securing sustainability through the CFP Reform

We, the undersigned organisations, representing artisanal coastal and inland fishworkers, development and environmental NGOs and other stakeholders, share a common interest in placing European fisheries on a sustainable footing by supporting the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in ways which ensure the recovery of fish stocks and habitats, the promotion of best practice,

NGOs and Artisanal Fishers rally for sustainable fisheries

160 groups from 17 EU member states have signed the declaration ahead of a European Parliament hearing on October 11th on how the proposed CFP reform will affect artisanal fishers. The majority of EU fishers are coastal and artisanal and often work in a less intensive manner, using a range of seasonally diverse fishing methods

Μission against international mafia distributors of illegally caught Bluefin tuna

One member of Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation is already on board the ship ‘M/Y Steve Irwin’, that sailed from southern France towards the Libyan Sea and the wider area of the Eastern Mediterranean. At the same time, members of Archipelagos’ research team will patrol the Greek and international waters on their sailing vessel and

IT & Environment – Cooperation: Archipelagos,Texas Univ., Demokritos NCSR, Aegean Univ.

New study abroad programme in the Aegean islands, focusing on innovative IT applications for the conservation of Greek nature Archipelagos, Institute of Marine Conservation, in collaboration with the University of Texas in Arlington (Computer Science and Engineering Department), the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos” and the University of the Aegean (Computer Science Department), after

The tightening of the legal net around the authorities in regards to the removal of the Sea Diamond

After many months of preparation a team of researchers from the Environmental Protection Clinic of Yale University Law School has been conducting a series of meetings in Greece, over the past few days, in order to complete the file upon this case. The team of researchers from Yale’s Law School, said to be one of

Environmental Crime in Andros: 200.000cm3 of rubbish entered the Aegean

The heavy rainfalls of last month revealed in the most forceful and, at the same time, the most tragic way, a chronic crime that takes place in Stavropeda of Andros from the 1970’s. Tons of plastic and other rubbish were washed away from the illegal dump and buried the neighboring Shinias beach,  while also covered

Archipelagos in Brussels in a DG MARE meeting, NGO’s combating IUU Fisheries

Archipelagos, the only Greek organization that took part in the workgroup meeting and is deeply involved with illegal fishery issues in Greece, was represented by Anastasia Miliou (Head Scientist & Manager) and Vasilis Kouroutos (Scientific consultant and Marine Protected Areas specialist). The agenda of the meeting included ways of utilizing the information and data collected

GMO Promotion at Eugenides Foundation Exhibition

Students are also involved in experiments on genetic modification of products, as well as watching educational videos (in which hybridization, genetic engineeringand in vitro cultivation appear as ways of improving natural crop production); at the end of this “learning” process, they are asked to give the “right” answers. From the very beginning, Archipelagos, Institute of

Important initiative by CIESM for the creation of Transnational Marine Conservation Zones

The workgroup meeting was an initiative of CIESM (International Commission for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean) and 29 scientists of various disciplines from 14 Mediterranean countries were invited. The Archipelagos representative stated the Institute’s position with regards to the establishment and enactment of Transnational Marine Parks in the north-eastern Mediterranean Sea and particularly in