Sebastián Tobarra
Sebastián Tobarra has been writing on social issues for Spanish daily El País since 1990. He is also a professor of economic journalism at Barcelona's Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
Updated: 4 August 2009
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By Sebastián Tobarra
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Innovation: Europe lagging in the sciences
3 February 201198 El País Madrid -
Oceans: Fish stocks, two schools of thought
4 August 200919 El País Madrid
While the Lisbon innovation objectives have been postponed until 2020, Europe’s major universities argue that research is still too dependent on the financial sector. 
The UN and European Commission have sounded the alarm: overfishing has reduced wild fish stocks to critical levels. But this does not go far enough for some NGOs who campaign against "the emptying of our seas." Ranged against them, fishing industry representatives downplay reports of a crisis and pledge to abide by norms. While the world waits for stocks to regenerate, aquaculture may offer some hope for a solution.