2015 – Page 5 – IUU Watch

Year: 2015

20 Jul
2015

Who Is The Coalition

Source: EJF, OCEANA, Pew, WWF English | Spanish | French | German | Italian

19 Jun
2015

Record breaking fines imposed on beneficiaries of illegal fishing

Source: EJF, OCEANA, WWF Author: EJF, OCEANA, WWF The Spanish Government has today [1] announced penalties that could reach more than 11 million Euros against Spanish nationals, including companies involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

3 Jun
2015

Reeling in illegal fishing

Source: IHS Blog Author: Alex Gray More people are giving thought to where their food comes from, and there is perhaps no better example than seafood.

3 Jun
2015

European Policy on Illegal Fishing: Emergence of an International Trend?

Source: IUU Fishing Blog Author: House of Ocean Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing refers to infringements of management and conservation laws established to regulate fishing activities in national or international waters. It is a persistent phenomenon that thrives due to complex interactions.

3 Jun
2015

Illegal Fishing Control: Why Europe Needs a Common Software Platform

Source & Author: House of Ocean Council Regulation 1005 / 2008 (the IUU Regulation) is a European Union (EU) legislative tool designed to reinforce and support pre-existing normative measures established by the international community to control illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

17 May
2015

The US, the EU and IUU – Part 2

Source: The IUU Fishing Blog Author: House of the Ocean Nobody can tackle IUU fishing alone: Will opportunities for global leadership be grasped?

27 Apr
2015

The fight against illegal fishing: The EU’s role in a global challenge

Source: EurActiv Author: Eszter Hidas The EU not only has a great responsibility to demonstrate legal and sustainable seafood supply chains to its consumers. It must ensure that its access to abundant seafood does not rob more vulnerable communities, of their own, writes Eszter Hidas.

21 Apr
2015

EU threatens Thailand with trade ban over illegal fishing

Source: The Guardian Author: Arthur Nelsen World’s third-largest seafood exporter given six months to clean up its industry where ‘illegal fishing is almost totally allowed’

14 Apr
2015

NGOs Support EU’s Warning of Trade Ban Against Thailand for Illegal Fishing

Source: EJF Author: EJF, OCEANA, Pew, WWF Today, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and WWF welcomed the European Commission’s warning, or ‘yellow-carding’, of Thailand for not fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

10 Mar
2015

Korea exits fishing blacklist

Source: Korea Herald Author: Lee Jae-min One sticky issue that has haunted Korea for the past two years is now being put to rest. Almost simultaneously, Washington and Brussels are scratching off Korea from the list of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing countries.