Source: The Bahamas Weekly Author: Betty Vedrine The fisheries sector is ‘crucial’ — underpinning food security, nutritional requirements and livelihoods of many African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries, particularly Small Island Developing States. Secretary General of the ACP Group of Countries Dr. Patrick Gomes highlighted this fact at the 5th ACP Ministers in Charge of Fishing […]
Read MoreSource: Inter Press Service Author: Viwanou Gnassounou Fish is big business. The latest figures show that more than 165 million tonnes of fish are either captured or harvested in a year, with each person consuming more than 20kg of fish annually, according to the world average. Roughly US$ 140 billion worth of fish is traded […]
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS The Chinese government is willing to set up an intergovernmental communication and cooperation mechanism with Ecuador to protect marine flora and fauna and combat illegal fishing, said Zhang Xianliang, director general of fisheries and fisheries administration at the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture.
Read MoreSource & Author: Andina Peru will take stronger measures to combat illegal fishing incursions by foreign vessels once the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) is implemented, Production Minister Pedro Olaechea said Tuesday.
Read MoreSource: Daily Comet Author: Dan Boudreaux A new regulatory program that will go into effect next year would require seafood to be labeled with its country of origin.
Read MoreSource: Undercurrent News Author: Tom Seaman A US judge has ruled against a lawsuit from the National Fisheries Institute (NFI), two trade groups and several large seafood players, which opposes a traceability rule, dubbed the “Seafood Import Monitoring Program”, or SIMP.
Read MoreSource & Author: Oceana New Rule Will Reduce Amount of Illegally Caught and Mislabeled Seafood Entering U.S.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS.com Through its General Directorate of Supervision, Inspection and Sanction, the Ministry of Production (PRODUCE) has been coordinating joint actions with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in order to adopt measures to help curb illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Read MoreSource: Global Fishing Watch Blog Author: Kimbra Cutlip We are often asked about how Global Fishing Watch can be effective when vessel captains can simply turn off their AIS. And our answer has always been, “they have to turn it back on sometime—especially when entering port, and intentional blackouts raise a red flag.” Our recent […]
Read MoreSource: SeafoodSource Author: Jewel Fraser When Trinidad and Tobago received a yellow card from the European Union last year for illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the country’s government was motivated to take steps to remedy one of the problems plaguing the twin island nation’s fishing industry for decades.
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