WHO ARE THE DIRTY DOZEN?
Fishing factories are destroying Europe’s waters. Meet Europe’s Dirty Dozen: twelve of the worst offending industrial megatrawlers decimating the ocean, hiding behind shell companies... and funded by your taxes.
WE CRUSHED OUR TARGET!
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DIVE INTO THE DIRTY DOZEN DOCS.
Dossier reveals the ugly picture: violations committed by twelve fishing factories destroying oceans across Europe and beyond.
NAME AND SHAME
In one fell swoop, these twelve vessels — a snapshot of a larger fleet — ransack entire fishing zones, a symptom of a broken, unsustainable system of extraction.
ANNELIES ILENA SHIP FROM HELL
Linked to corruption scandals and convicted of illegal fishing in Irish waters.
MARGIRIS THE DUMP TRUCK
Dumped 100,000 dead fish into the Atlantic. Has a thing for trawling protected areas.
WILLEM VAN DER ZWAN MPA DARLING
Named in every major investigation into trawlers inside “protected” seas.
MAARTJE THEADORA FINE COLLECTOR
Fined €595,000. Had €1.2 million of illegal fish onboard. You do the maths.
AFRIKA OLD GUARD
Depletes stocks from West Africa to UK marine reserves without accountability.
FRANK BONEFAAS CRIME PAYS
Caught with 632 tonnes of illegal mackerel. The fish was sold anyway.
PRINS BERNHARD BEACH BUM
A fixture in the Channel’s protected zones while coastal fishers fight to survive.
JAN MARIA THE “UPGRADE”
Born in 2024. Out with the old, in with the “no thank you.”
MARK (ROS 777) THE PUPPET
Quietly tied to the Dutch network buying up Europe's fishing rights.
LODAIRO WORLD’S MOST INSPECTED
Inspected 14 times in one year. Kept trawling.
THE SCOMBRUS BORN VILLAIN
Protested at launch. Caught in protected areas as soon as it hit the seas.
KIRKELLA THE FALSE FLAG
Masquerades as a British icon. Really just a Dutch pawn.
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