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Nikolas Evangelides

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My two cents on 🐟 business. All opinions my own. Officer with the @pewtrusts.org International Fisheries/Ending #IllegalFishing & Fisheries #Subsidies teams.

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Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · Nov 17

Up to $35 billion worth of #seafood is stolen from #OurOcean annually. That’s 1 in 5 🐟 sold. @pewtrusts.org works with govts, enforcement authorities, tech experts, NGOs and market players to tackle #illegalfishing globally. Our comprehensive approach explained👇 www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-...

Interactive Video: How We Can End Illegal Fishing

Up to $23.5 billion worth of seafood is stolen from the sea each year. That’s 1 in 5 fish sold. This pillaging of the world’s oceans threatens fish stocks, undercuts law-abiding fishers, a...

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Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · 17d

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PM urges IUU fishing eradication to protect Vietnam’s reputation

The National Steering Committee for Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Prevention and Control convened the 14th meeting on September 23. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the eve...

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Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · 17d

Another @ec.europa.eu DG MARE mission, another round of official statements. Next month marks 8 years (!) since #Vietnam was yellow carded (warned) by the EU over failings to address #IUUfishing. Despite progress,persistent challenges remain,mainly over enforcement.
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PM urges IUU fishing eradication to protect Vietnam’s reputation

The fight against IUU fishing must go hand in hand with building a fisheries sector that serves the long-term interests of the nation and its people, the PM said, requiring strong resolve, decisive ac...

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Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · 18d

The charges come almost 7 years since the joint press release by the Spanish Civil Guard and #Europol was issued on #Tarantelo. #IUUfishing
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Ex-fisheries head set to face money-laundering and corruption charges

Andreina Fenech Farrugia allegedly supported a Spanish illegal blue tuna trading racket

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Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · 21d

An excellent explainer about the Pacific #tuna fisheries and its trade by @pewenvironment.bsky.social 👇
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From Ship to Shelf, the Pacific Tuna Trade Is a Complex Global Business

Every year, people catch and consume more than 5 million metric tons of tuna worldwide. But how does all of that fish get from the ocean to people’s sashimi and tuna salad sandwiches?

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Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · 25d

. @pewenvironment.bsky.social press release
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Pew Praises Entry Into Force of WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies

The Pew Charitable Trusts today praised the required 111 World Trade Organization (WTO) members who have formally ratified the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, which will curtail government payments ...

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Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · 25d

Today marks a monumental occasion as the @wto.org Agreement on #FisheriesSubsidies has entered into force!
Alas more work needs to be done to finalise the #overfishing chapter otherwise the whole agreement might be jeopardise. The clock has started ticking!
#EndOverfishing #IUUfishing

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Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · Jul 11

Since 2017 the #IUUFishing Coalition has been analysing Member States' implementation (www.iuuwatch.eu/the-iuu-regu...). Latest preliminary results available at marketac.eu/wp-content/u... - full report to be published soon.
@ejfoundation.org @oceanaeurope.bsky.social @peweurope.bsky.social @wwf.eu

Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · Jul 11

🤩Thrilled with MEP Casares ( @socialistsanddemocrats.eu ) question whether DG MARE will hold more Member States accountable for not implementing EU rules, in this case the inspection threshold. The EU #IUU Coalition has been highlighting these issues for years. www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...

Parliamentary question | Failures in monitoring imports of fishery products | E-002721/2025 | European Parliament

Question for written answer E-002721/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Nicolás González Casares (S&D)

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Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · Jul 7

Want to make an impact in EU #fisheries by working against #illegalfishing & by promoting fisheries #transparency? The friends at @oceanaeurope.bsky.social are hiring policy & communications assistants. Join the team!
Policy: europe.oceana.org/employment/p...
Comms: europe.oceana.org/employment/c...

Policy Assistant

The policy assistant will support Oceana’s campaign on illegal fishing and transparency in Europe. In close coordination with the illegal...

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Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · Jul 1

And thank you Commissioner Kadis for accepting our stop #IUUfishing pin! 🥹🎏

Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · Jul 1

RT @ec.europa.eu Fisheries & Ocean Commissioner Costas Kadis.
An indeed excellent & fruitful meeting between the EU #IUUFishing Coalition, the Commissioner & his #IUU team, reaffirming in the clearest terms EU's zero tolerance approach and their commitment to deliver domestically & internationally.👌

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Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · Jun 30

📢New EU #IUUFishing Coalition analysis of all active EU Sustainable #Fisheries Partnership Agreements, used to fish in foreign waters👉 #SFPAs miss the mark on #transparency, sectoral support, stakeholder engagement & level playing field.
Full text & recommendations👇
www.iuuwatch.eu/2025/06/a-bl...

Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · Jun 18

This week I'm at the #ICCAT Integrated Monitoring Measures Working Group, a prep. body ahead of Nov's annual meeting.We call for:
🌊High seas boarding & inspection
🐟Expanded catch documentation (bigeye & swordfish)
⚓️Stronger port State measures
👩‍💻Better EM standards
👥 #BeneficialOwnership transparency

Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · Jun 13

For the final day of #UNOC3 I highly recommend this green zone side event on @wto.org #FisheriesSubsidies Agreement and its benefits, the only side event dedicated to the topic during this 2025 UN Ocean Conference. #StopFundingOverfishing #IUUfishing @economies.iisd.org @pewenvironment.bsky.social

Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · Jun 12

Lets remember we are at a war started by #UU fishing mafia against local populations & sustainability. No flag granted without thorough checks incl. beneficiaries. We need to end secrecy & adopt @fishcoalition.bsky.social Global Charter, says Mr Iaschine, Fondation de la Mer's General Manager #UNOC3

Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · Jun 12

We must know who fishes what, where and when, and who benefits from #IUU. States must go beyond flags and see where these people are based. National control laws needed to ensure enforcement, says Ms Vulperhorst, IUU director at @oceanaeurope.bsky.social,on behalf of EU #IUUFishing Coalition. #UNOC3

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Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · Jun 12

Important to have your own house in order, own fisheries under MCS. Strong rules & int. collaboration, incl in high seas & RFMOs, key. Canada's Dark Vessels Detection a concrete tool. More States should join #IUU Action Alliance, says Ms Gibbons, Canada's Dep Minister for Fisheries and Ocean. #UNOC3

Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · Jun 12

All engaged in #IUU must be targeted, incl. beneficial owners & those hiding behind complex structures. #OECD new legal instrument (www.oecd.org/en/about/new...) has actions on stopping vessel subsidies, sanctions & info sharing, says Ms Delpeuch @oecd-env.bsky.social head of fisheries unit. #UNOC3

OECD adopts a new legal instrument to tackle illegal fishing

The OECD is strengthening efforts to combat illegal fishing with the adoption of a new Recommendation on Eliminating Government Support to Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing.

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Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · Jun 12

Information sharing key. This can be done through secure #Interpol channels, including on beneficial ownership. Interpol members are encouraged to share more info with us to help us fight #IUUfishing and other crimes, says Mr Foddi, @interpol.int Manager on Environmental Security. #UNOC3

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Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · Jun 12

We have the tools to combat Flags of Convenience and fight #IUUfishing, eg EU Control Reg. Open registries allow for abuses. #BeneficialOwnership supports #IUU, we want to stop it, says Mr Andresen, @ec.europa.eu DG MARE's International Ocean Governance & Sustainable Fisheries Director. #UNOC3

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Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · Jun 12

🚀And we are off! #UNOC3 #IUUfishing

Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · Jun 12

‘Plenty of fish in the sea’? Not anymore, say UN experts in Nice during the UN Ocean Conference #UNOC3. Full press release: news.un.org/en/story/202...

‘Plenty of fish in the sea’? Not anymore, say UN experts in Nice

At the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the “catch of the day” wasn’t a seabass or a red mullet – it was a figure: 35 per cent. That’s the share of global fish stocks now being harvested unsustainab...

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Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · Jun 12

📢In Nice for #UNOC3 today?
Don't miss 'No Flag to Hide Behind: Holding flag States accountable in the fight against #IUUfishing', on flag State responsibility & flags of convenience.
📍Room Manta, La Baleine, Palais des Expositions (green zone),12:45-1.30pm
More info👉 www.linkedin.com/posts/eu-iuu...

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · Jun 10

Fishing vessels are often used to facilitate illegal fishing, forced, bonded and slave labour, and the trafficking of people, drugs, and wildlife.

Individuals who ultimately profit from ship activities hide behind opaque ownership structures, shell corporations, and complex financial arrangements.

“There can be no safe harbour for those who profit from crimes at sea, not in our ports, not in our markets, not in our financial systems... It's time we brought the true beneficiaries of maritime crime into the light, and Ghana stands ready to do so.”

Hon. Emelia Arthur
Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture
Republic of Ghana

“We believe that reliable, accessible, and well-managed data is the most powerful tool in our arsenal. That's why Maldives is committed to ensuring that all licensed vessels are associated with its beneficial ownership information.” h.e. Ahmed Shiyam
Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Resources
Republic of Maldives

“If we want to battle beneficial ownership, we have to be able to close all the loopholes. Traceability is the best of transparency.” ms. Charlina Vitcheva
Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
European Commission

“We have to make improvements on flag states and ownership. We need to scale up as other European Member States, but also other member states around the world, within the PSMA framework. We really want to begin the process of systematically identifying beneficial owners from each Member State of the PSMA Agreement, but also each state fishing in the world.” Mr. Éric Banel
Director General for Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Aquaculture
French Republic

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Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social · Jun 10

📢No Flag to Hide Behind: Holding flag States accountable in the fight against #IUU fishing.
📍 #UNOC3 Room 'Manta', La Baleine, Palais des Expositions Nice (green zone)
🕘Thursday, 12 June, 12:45-1.30pm
@ec.europa.eu, @oceanaeurope.bsky.social @interpol.int @oecd-env.bsky.social @pewtrusts.org @wwf.eu