Nikolas Evangelides
@evangelides.bsky.social
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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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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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-...
📢 #Pew releases landmark study on #plastics.
"Plastics promised convenience, but they’ve become a growing threat to people and the planet.
There’s still time to act. Our new report shows the way. 👇 pewtrsts.org/4otp7cA "
#BreakingthePlasticWave
"Plastics promised convenience, but they’ve become a growing threat to people and the planet.
There’s still time to act. Our new report shows the way. 👇 pewtrsts.org/4otp7cA "
#BreakingthePlasticWave
Breaking the Plastic Wave 2025: An Assessment of the Global System and Strategies for Transformative Change
Plastic is interconnected with other global challenges, and that solving the plastic pollution problem will have broad implications for improving the health of people, the planet and the global econom...
pewtrsts.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
📢 #Pew releases landmark study on #plastics.
"Plastics promised convenience, but they’ve become a growing threat to people and the planet.
There’s still time to act. Our new report shows the way. 👇 pewtrsts.org/4otp7cA "
#BreakingthePlasticWave
"Plastics promised convenience, but they’ve become a growing threat to people and the planet.
There’s still time to act. Our new report shows the way. 👇 pewtrsts.org/4otp7cA "
#BreakingthePlasticWave
#ASEAN maritime cooperation forum (MANIS) "could enable collaborative activities such as regular maritime patrols, joint military exercises and coordinated responses to threats like #illegalfishing and human #trafficking." Because #IUU is not just about fishing.
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Enhancing Cooperation Through a Regional Maritime Forum in Southeast Asia - Maritime Fairtrade
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is currently facing significant challenges that hinder its ability to fully realize its potential as a cooperative regional entity. Although ASEAN ha...
maritimefairtrade.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
#ASEAN maritime cooperation forum (MANIS) "could enable collaborative activities such as regular maritime patrols, joint military exercises and coordinated responses to threats like #illegalfishing and human #trafficking." Because #IUU is not just about fishing.
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maritimefairtrade.org/enhancing-co...
📢Fisheries Import Control Handbook launch!
With 1 in 5 fish caught globally coming from #IUUfishing and with #RFMOs making piecemeal progress on catch documentation schemes, its time for more market state action. Here's how👇
www.iuuwatch.eu/2025/11/clos... #WorldFisheriesDay
With 1 in 5 fish caught globally coming from #IUUfishing and with #RFMOs making piecemeal progress on catch documentation schemes, its time for more market state action. Here's how👇
www.iuuwatch.eu/2025/11/clos... #WorldFisheriesDay
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
📢Fisheries Import Control Handbook launch!
With 1 in 5 fish caught globally coming from #IUUfishing and with #RFMOs making piecemeal progress on catch documentation schemes, its time for more market state action. Here's how👇
www.iuuwatch.eu/2025/11/clos... #WorldFisheriesDay
With 1 in 5 fish caught globally coming from #IUUfishing and with #RFMOs making piecemeal progress on catch documentation schemes, its time for more market state action. Here's how👇
www.iuuwatch.eu/2025/11/clos... #WorldFisheriesDay
NGOs urge #ICCAT to 🆙 #fisheries #transparency& anti- #IUU tools
🎏Expand catch documentation
⚓️Improve port State measures
👩💻Electronic monitoring
🚨High seas boarding&inspection
🆔IMO # on all eligible ⛴️
👥Beneficial owner transparency
🎣Better labor rules
@pewtrusts.org @oceanaeurope.bsky.social @wwf.eu
🎏Expand catch documentation
⚓️Improve port State measures
👩💻Electronic monitoring
🚨High seas boarding&inspection
🆔IMO # on all eligible ⛴️
👥Beneficial owner transparency
🎣Better labor rules
@pewtrusts.org @oceanaeurope.bsky.social @wwf.eu
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
NGOs urge #ICCAT to 🆙 #fisheries #transparency& anti- #IUU tools
🎏Expand catch documentation
⚓️Improve port State measures
👩💻Electronic monitoring
🚨High seas boarding&inspection
🆔IMO # on all eligible ⛴️
👥Beneficial owner transparency
🎣Better labor rules
@pewtrusts.org @oceanaeurope.bsky.social @wwf.eu
🎏Expand catch documentation
⚓️Improve port State measures
👩💻Electronic monitoring
🚨High seas boarding&inspection
🆔IMO # on all eligible ⛴️
👥Beneficial owner transparency
🎣Better labor rules
@pewtrusts.org @oceanaeurope.bsky.social @wwf.eu
Reposted by Nikolas Evangelides
I won't get tired saying this👉 #IUUfishing is not just about #fish. Its a convergence crime where other illicit activities, #HumanRights and labour abuses take place. In #SriLanka 's case its drug trafficking. Some good steps are being taken by the authorities. 1/2
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Sri Lanka focuses on inter-agency cooperation to prevent illegal fishing, drug trafficking | EconomyNext
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November 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I won't get tired saying this👉 #IUUfishing is not just about #fish. Its a convergence crime where other illicit activities, #HumanRights and labour abuses take place. In #SriLanka 's case its drug trafficking. Some good steps are being taken by the authorities. 1/2
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economynext.com/sri-lanka-fo...
Agree with #WWF's reaction to #EuropeanParliament's corporate due diligence vote. The scope limitation means even fewer companies will be addressing #humanrights & environmental abuses in their value chains. Sad #EPP has led the far right dictate the agenda. #IUU
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November 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Agree with #WWF's reaction to #EuropeanParliament's corporate due diligence vote. The scope limitation means even fewer companies will be addressing #humanrights & environmental abuses in their value chains. Sad #EPP has led the far right dictate the agenda. #IUU
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Always nice to see our work picked up by the media🤩
EU #IUUFishing Coalition
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EU #IUUFishing Coalition
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Pêche illégale: des ONG relèvent des lacunes dans le contrôle des importations dans l’UE | MARINE & OCÉANS
marine-oceans.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Always nice to see our work picked up by the media🤩
EU #IUUFishing Coalition
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EU #IUUFishing Coalition
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Our new report shows many EU Member States consistently failing to inspect 5% of direct landings by non-EU fishing vessels (a legal obligation) & a rather blasé,to put it mildly, attitude on high risk imports.
EU #IUU Coalition @ejfoundation.org @oceana.bsky.social @nature.org @pewtrusts.org @wwf.eu
EU #IUU Coalition @ejfoundation.org @oceana.bsky.social @nature.org @pewtrusts.org @wwf.eu
🐟 New report from the EU IUU Fishing Coalition - EU import controls are likely failing to keep illegal seafood off European plates.
Many Member States are failing to properly check and control seafood imports, though required to do so under EU law.
Read the report:
www.iuuwatch.eu/wp-content/u...
Many Member States are failing to properly check and control seafood imports, though required to do so under EU law.
Read the report:
www.iuuwatch.eu/wp-content/u...
October 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Our new report shows many EU Member States consistently failing to inspect 5% of direct landings by non-EU fishing vessels (a legal obligation) & a rather blasé,to put it mildly, attitude on high risk imports.
EU #IUU Coalition @ejfoundation.org @oceana.bsky.social @nature.org @pewtrusts.org @wwf.eu
EU #IUU Coalition @ejfoundation.org @oceana.bsky.social @nature.org @pewtrusts.org @wwf.eu
Last week I presented at the Long Distance Advisory Council the EU #IUU Coalition's joint analysis&recommendations on EU's Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements. Full report👇
www.iuuwatch.eu/2025/06/a-bl...
@ejfoundation.org @oceanaeurope.bsky.social @nature.org @peweurope.bsky.social @wwf.eu
www.iuuwatch.eu/2025/06/a-bl...
@ejfoundation.org @oceanaeurope.bsky.social @nature.org @peweurope.bsky.social @wwf.eu
October 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Last week I presented at the Long Distance Advisory Council the EU #IUU Coalition's joint analysis&recommendations on EU's Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements. Full report👇
www.iuuwatch.eu/2025/06/a-bl...
@ejfoundation.org @oceanaeurope.bsky.social @nature.org @peweurope.bsky.social @wwf.eu
www.iuuwatch.eu/2025/06/a-bl...
@ejfoundation.org @oceanaeurope.bsky.social @nature.org @peweurope.bsky.social @wwf.eu
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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September 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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.
en.vietnamplus.vn/pm-urges-iuu...
en.vietnamplus.vn/pm-urges-iuu...
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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timesofmalta.com/article/exfi...
Ex-fisheries head set to face money-laundering and corruption charges
Andreina Fenech Farrugia allegedly supported a Spanish illegal blue tuna trading racket
timesofmalta.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The charges come almost 7 years since the joint press release by the Spanish Civil Guard and #Europol was issued on #Tarantelo. #IUUfishing
timesofmalta.com/article/exfi...
timesofmalta.com/article/exfi...
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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September 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
An excellent explainer about the Pacific #tuna fisheries and its trade by @pewenvironment.bsky.social 👇
www.pew.org/en/research-...
www.pew.org/en/research-...
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
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
September 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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
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
🤩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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July 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🤩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...
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!
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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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July 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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...
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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.👌
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.👌
July 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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.👌
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.👌
📢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...
Full text & recommendations👇
www.iuuwatch.eu/2025/06/a-bl...
June 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
📢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...
Full text & recommendations👇
www.iuuwatch.eu/2025/06/a-bl...
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
🌊High seas boarding & inspection
🐟Expanded catch documentation (bigeye & swordfish)
⚓️Stronger port State measures
👩💻Better EM standards
👥 #BeneficialOwnership transparency
June 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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
🌊High seas boarding & inspection
🐟Expanded catch documentation (bigeye & swordfish)
⚓️Stronger port State measures
👩💻Better EM standards
👥 #BeneficialOwnership transparency
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
June 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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
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
June 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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
‘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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June 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
‘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...
📢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...
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...
June 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
📢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...
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...