Source: IUU Risk Intelligence Author: Pramod Ganapathiraju Policing the Open Seas report is the most comprehensive global evaluation of Fisheries Monitoring Control and Surveillance to date covering more than 80 countries.
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Source: IUU Risk Intelligence Author: Pramod Ganapathiraju Policing the Open Seas report is the most comprehensive global evaluation of Fisheries Monitoring Control and Surveillance to date covering more than 80 countries.
Read MoreSource: Front Page Africa Author: Lennart Dodoo Liberia has been sternly warned by the European Union to tighten its screws against illegal fishing, being the world’s second biggest ship registry in the world with over 100 fishing vessels registered under its flag.
Read MoreSource & Author: Undercurrent News The Pew Charitable Trusts has praised the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)’s announcement that Japan has ratified the port state measures agreement, an international treaty designed to curb illegal fishing.
Read MoreSource & Author: European Commission Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the Comoros have been identified as non-cooperating third countries under the EU’s regulation to fight and deter illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, while Liberia has been pre-identified.
Read MoreAuthor: Irene Vidal, Environmental Justice Foundation Much like a car is identified by its license plate, or a person by their ID number or passport, a fishing vessel should be easily identifiable to authorities anywhere in the world. Fishing vessels have a name and a registration number, but do those really work?
Read MoreSource & Author: Bangkok Post Working conditions on fishing boats fall through the crackdown net.
Read MoreSource & Author: Undercurrent News Japanese Parliament agreed unanimously to ratify the first international treaty tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing—the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA)—on Wednesday, the Nature Conservancy said in a release.
Read MoreSource: Quartz Media LLC Author: Abdi Latif Dahir Greenpeace says poor government communication and coordination is hurting West Africa’s ability to combat illegal fishing, costing it billions of dollars each year in the process. The problem has become so severe that it is threatening food security in the region, the environmental group says in a new […]
Read MoreSource & Author: Antara News Indonesia will seek the support of the United Nations to declare illegal fishing as a transnational organized crime, Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Susi Pudjiastuti said here on Saturday.
Read MoreSource: La Vozde Galicia Author: EFE Interpol lanzó este jueves una alerta a sus 190 países miembros contra el tráfico de personas para trabajar en la industria pesquera en el sudeste asiático, con datos sobre el funcionamiento de esas redes y consejos sobre cómo actuar.
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