EU Council announces first-ever seafood trade ban against illegal fishing nations Brussels, Belgium: Today, four leading environmental groups - Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana, The Pew Charitable Trusts and WWF have welcomed a decision by the EU Fisheries Council to place trade restrictions on Belize, Cambodia, and Guinea for failing to cooperate in fighting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The park, Africa's oldest and most diverse, is home to over 3,000 different kinds of animals. Plans to explore for oil and exploit oil reserves put Virunga's potential value at risk.