Year: 2016

17 Feb
2016

Source: The New York Times Author: IAN URBINA The island nation has mounted an aggressive response to illegal fishing in their waters. How they protect themselves may help the rest of the world save all of the oceans.

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9 Feb
2016

Source: Phuket Gazette Author: Isaac Stone Simonelli Authorities in Senegal have detained the internationally wanted toothfish-poaching vessel Kunlun, which slipped through the fingers of Phuket authorities after having been seized in March last year.

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25 Jan
2016

Source & Author: FishNewsEU A number of NGOs have welcomed the EU’s decision to fight illegal fishing through a vessel numbering scheme that will affect up to 8,205 European vessels.

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21 Jan
2016

Source & Author: Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana and WWF Today, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana and WWF welcomed a new European Commission requirement that all EU fishing vessels, and foreign vessels fishing in EU waters, need to have unique vessel numbers from construction to disposal. The move will affect up to 8,205 European vessels. […]

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8 Jan
2016

Source: House of the Ocean Author: Mercedes Rosello A few locals in Phuket gave me their views on the fishing vessel lockdown, in place following the moratorium imposed by the Ministry of Fisheries. This and other measures that the Thai fishing industry has had to implement have been largely prompted by an official warning by the […]

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7 Jan
2016

Source & Author: Pew Charitable Trust Mauritius has ratified the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), the international treaty designed to prevent illegally caught fish from entering the market through legitimate fishing ports. An island nation in the Indian Ocean, Mauritius joins Seychelles, Gabon, Mozambique, and Somalia to become the fifth African nation to sign on […]

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