Investigation: Mediterranean Fishing – Greece
Photographer: Selene Magnolia
Videographer: Francesco Ceccarelli
Author: We Animals Media
In Collaboration With: Essere Animali
With a focus on gilt-head sea bream and European sea bass, Greece is known worldwide for its extensive aquaculture and commercial fishing industries. In 2019 Greece supplied 59% of the sea bream and sea bass sold in the European Union and 22% sold worldwide, according to the Federation of Greek Mariculture’s 2020 report.
![Workers onboard the fishing boat Fasilis sort the catch by type, dividing it between fish with commercial value and useless by-catch. Greece, 2020. Selene Magnolia / We Animals Media Workers onboard the fishing boat Fasilis sort the catch by type, dividing it between fish with commercial value and useless by-catch. Greece, 2020. Selene Magnolia / We Animals Media](https://mla20yrfoj5x.i.optimole.com/w:1200/h:801/q:90/f:best/ig:avif/https://weanimalsmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/WAM848.jpg)
![Deck crew pulls nets filled with sardines onboard the purse seine fishing boat Pandelis II. Greece, 2020. Selene Magnolia / We Animals Media Deck crew pulls nets filled with sardines onboard the purse seine fishing boat Pandelis II. Greece, 2020. Selene Magnolia / We Animals Media](https://mla20yrfoj5x.i.optimole.com/w:1200/h:800/q:90/f:best/ig:avif/https://weanimalsmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/WAM3275.jpg)
“Fish are invisible. Their suffering cannot be heard, their slaughter is silent. We need to realise the magnitude of fish that we are taking from the sea everyday, of the damage to our ecosystems, of the unsustainability of fish farming, of the chain of production that affects both nature and humans so badly. We need to finally connect with their suffering.” — Selene Magnolia, animal photojournalist
![Workers onboard the fishing boat Fasilis sort the catch by type, dividing it between fish with commercial value and useless by-catch. Greece, 2020. Selene Magnolia / We Animals Media Workers onboard the fishing boat Fasilis sort the catch by type, dividing it between fish with commercial value and useless by-catch. Greece, 2020. Selene Magnolia / We Animals Media](https://mla20yrfoj5x.i.optimole.com/w:1618/h:1080/q:eco/f:best/ig:avif/https://weanimalsmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/WAM788.jpg)
![Detail of fish in the trawler nets onboard the fishing boat Fasilis. Greece, 2020. Selene Magnolia / We Animals Media Detail of fish in the trawler nets onboard the fishing boat Fasilis. Greece, 2020. Selene Magnolia / We Animals Media](https://mla20yrfoj5x.i.optimole.com/w:1200/h:800/q:eco/f:best/ig:avif/https://weanimalsmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/WAM801.jpg)
![Detail of fish that have been emptied from nets onto the deck of the fishing boat Fasilis. Greece, 2020. Selene Magnolia / We Animals Media Detail of fish that have been emptied from nets onto the deck of the fishing boat Fasilis. Greece, 2020. Selene Magnolia / We Animals Media](https://mla20yrfoj5x.i.optimole.com/w:1200/h:800/q:eco/f:best/ig:avif/https://weanimalsmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/WAM688.jpg)
Photographer: Selene Magnolia
Videographer: Francesco Ceccarelli
For more information about this investigation, including how you can take action, visit Essere Animali’s website.
To view more images and video from this collection, visit our Mediterranean Fishing gallery.
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