Yesterdays post on Looting the Seas is another example of the work by Blue Charities in funding resources that impact directly on the public's perception of fisheremn as the bad guys - looting is an evocative word, more often associated with the terrible atrocities carried out around the world in the name of desperate causes - often used in conjunction with rape and pillage and designed to arouse people's ire and emotions.
Looting the seas was financed by PEW, Oak, Adessium and David & Lucile Packard foundations
ICIJ is in fact the Centre for Public Integrity
Funder
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year
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beneficiary
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US$
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Title
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weblink
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Purpose of the grant
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The PEW Charitable trusts
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2009
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Centre for Public Integrity (+ ICIJ)
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100 000
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Looting the Seas : phase 1 Bluefin Tuna
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To investigate the entire "chain of custody" of companies illegally depleting blue fin tuna populations to produce in-depth, global reports.
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Oak foundation
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2010
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Centre for Public Integrity (+ ICIJ)
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249 000
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Looting the Seas
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To investigate and expose some of the worst excesses of fishing fleets around the world. The main objectives are to: 1) investigate the political, regulatory and legal climate in Spain; 2) launch a major investigative series by November 2011 on the role of the Spanish fishing fleet, with multiple stories and multimedia; and 3) disseminate the investigation to key stakeholders, including policymakers, regulators, NGOs and the broadest possible public audience.
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Adessium foundation (NL)
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2010
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Centre for Public Integrity (+ ICIJ)
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255 000
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looting the seas ?
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F990 Center of public integrity
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The David & Lucile Packard foundation
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2011
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Centre for Public Integrity (+ ICIJ)
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250 000
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Looting the Seas
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For an investigative report on black market fisheries along the Pacific Rim
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