Rome, Italy - This is the second consecutive time that Italy goes into the black list of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Fisheries illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, which is seriously endangering the Mediterranean.
zoom The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise intercepted the umpteenth spadaro Italian.
is mainly due to the work done by Greenpeace that the U.S. federal agency has included, on two occasions, our country among the "bad".
In the report of 2009, in fact, had use the recommendations made by our ship, the Arctic Sunrise, engaged in a tour of the Mediterranean, including that of the vessel Diomede II, where our activists have seized two kilometers of nets sword.
For 2011 the ratio between the offenses is listed as the famous Federico II, discovered by Greenpeace always to do with swords illegal fishing off the coast of Sicily.
The activities of illegal fishing with the sword or the bra and the ineffectiveness of the penalties which are the main accusations moved to Italy from NOAA, in a statement, said the need for additional measures to stop this kind of activity placing stronger sanctions.
Despite Decree Ministeriale del 14 ottobre 1998, che per ostacolare la pesca illegale prevede anche la sospensione della licenza di pesca, e la famigerata "Tolleranza Zero" dichiarata dal Ministro Galan, ad oggi nulla di tutto questo è stato applicato concretamente.
Proprio per questo, e per carenza nei controlli, l'Italia ha subito processi di infrazione e accertamenti che hanno comportato la richiesta di restituzione di oltre 7 milioni di euro nel 2008 da parte dalla Commissione Europea al nostro Paese. Cifra questa che il Ministero smentisce di dover pagare ma che, nella realtà dei fatti, il Governo italiano ha già dovuto rimborsare.
Anche gli Stati Uniti potrebbero ora proporre delle sanzioni aggiuntive da applicare alla flotta italiana. For example, denied access to U.S. ports and a ban on imports of certain fish products. In addition
then the serious damage to the marine environment, illegal fishing weigh negatively on the entire fisheries sector, the pockets of citizens and the credibility of our country internationally.
Greenpeace, along with Marevivo, WWF, Legambiente and LAV, has therefore requested an urgent meeting with the Minister Galan to assess more severe and immediate action against lawlessness and in support of sustainable fisheries.
Source: Greenpeace
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