Putting up the barricades: By laying seige to foreign vessels and grabbing hostages, Spanish fishermen have declared war on the EU fishing policy

O’Riordan, Brian and Gillet, Pierre (1994) Putting up the barricades: By laying seige to foreign vessels and grabbing hostages, Spanish fishermen have declared war on the EU fishing policy. Samudra Report (10&11). pp. 17-22. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

For Spanish fishermen, 16 July, the day of the feast of St. Carmen, their patron saint, was no occasion for festivities. Instead of celebrating, they declared war on European fishing policy, sending out a tidal wave of protest against tuna drift-nets. On the high seas that day, they boarded and seized the French fishing vessel La Gabrielle, 700 km north of La Coruna, and escorted it back to the port of La Burela in Galicia in north-west Spain. Here it was held hostage by 300 Spanish tuna boats until 21 July, while officials from the European Union (EU) and the French and Spanish governments negotiated its release.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0115
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Spain, European Union, Fishing Policy, Fishermens Guilds, Fishworkers Orginazations, Tuna, Distant Water Fishing Nation, Distant Water Fishing Vessels, United kingdom, Fishing Gear, Arrests, Labour
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Users 4 not found.
Date Deposited:	08 Oct 2021 05:51
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2022 14:29
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/460

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