Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Every day in EU waters, fish are caught and illegally thrown back dead. Almost no one is watching.
In European waters, a hidden form of overfishing is taking place on an industrial scale. It's called highgrading: fishing vessels catch more than they're allowed and discard the excess overboard to make room for more profitable catch. It's illegal under both EU and UK law. But without cameras on board, it's almost impossible to prove.
Our film exposes how this wasteful and destructive practice is undermining ocean ecosystems, undercutting honest fishers, and going largely unpunished. The solution, we argue, is transparency, through mandatory Remote Electronic Monitoring, including CCTV, on all high-risk pelagic vessels across EU and UK waters.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:16 Discarding
01:18 Transparency
02:35 Legislation
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ABOUT EJF
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) is an international NGO working to defend our shared natural environment and human rights: ejfoundation.org
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#fish #IUUfishing #transparency
Every day in EU waters, fish are caught and illegally thrown back dead. Almost no one is watching.
In European waters, a hidden form of overfishing is taking place on an industrial scale. It's called highgrading: fishing vessels catch more than they're allowed and discard the excess overboard to make room for more profitable catch. It's illegal under both EU and UK law. But without cameras on board, it's almost impossible to prove.
Our film exposes how this wasteful and destructive practice is undermining ocean ecosystems, undercutting honest fishers, and going largely unpunished. The solution, we argue, is transparency, through mandatory Remote Electronic Monitoring, including CCTV, on all high-risk pelagic vessels across EU and UK waters.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:16 Discarding
01:18 Transparency
02:35 Legislation
Subscribe to the Environmental Justice Foundation for more documentaries on ocean protection, the realities of global heating, and the urgent environmental justice issues shaping our world today: youtube.com/channel/UCymOLQE4_vBQBzUKXTBfYwQ?sub_confirmation=1
WATCH MORE
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwP2bxq6Y2Tom5AE-EPATNSByq2MNmy1L
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwP2bxq6Y2TrpIn5jco7tmWIVf65ITQeO
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwP2bxq6Y2TrHJO9OXTduawozo9OK_XTC
ABOUT EJF
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) is an international NGO working to defend our shared natural environment and human rights: ejfoundation.org
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ejfoundation.org
Facebook: facebook.com/ejfoundation
Instagram: instagram.com/ejfoundation
#fish #IUUfishing #transparency
